Good lord: Four arrested in assassination plot against Obama?
posted at 10:10 pm on August 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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An early report quoted cops as saying they were skeptical there was any actual plan involved. Really? They had rifles with scopes, white supremacist tattoos and jewelry, and one of them said something to police about targeting Obama. And just as I’m typing that, Drudge red-fonts this update describing their intent to shoot him from a “high vantage point” from 750 yards away. Sounds plan-ish to me.
Sources told CBS4 police found two high-powered, scoped rifles in the car along with camouflage clothing, walkie-talkies, a bulletproof vest, a spotting scope, licenses in the names of other people and methamphetamine. One of the rifles is listed as stolen from Kansas.
Subsequently authorities went to the Cherry Creek Hotel to contact an associate of Gartrell’s. But that man, who was wanted on numerous warrants, jumped out of a sixth floor hotel window. Law enforcement sources say the man broke an ankle in the fall and was captured moments later. Sources say he was wearing a ring with a swastika, and is thought to have ties to white supremacist organizations.
A third man — an associate of Gartrell and the hotel jumper was also arrested. He told authorities that the two men “planned to kill Barack Obama at his acceptance speech.”
That man, along with a woman, are also under arrest.
Seriously, the guy should have his own National Guard detail just to be on the safe side.
Update: ABC quotes other cops as saying he was in no immediate danger and notes this:
After pulling over two men for allegedly driving erratically early Sunday morning, Aurora Police said they discovered two rifles, a bulletproof vest and the drug methamphetamine in the car. When authorities questioned the men about the findings, they pointed to another member of their alleged drug ring whom they say made a threat against Obama.
Update: “It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth heads.”
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Growing up in a small town in Arizona (Prescott), I’ve seen quit a few.. a former friend of mine became a skinhead in high school.. but I doubt that that those guys could have gotten away with anything..
The few I knew in high school had a difficult enough time keeping a job pushing in grocery carts.. much less pull off an assassination attempt..
I’m not trying to down play the seriousness of the attempt, only that Barack was in more danger of getting a hangnail than getting shot..
DaveC on August 26, 2008 at 9:29 AM
Yeah, you know a lot about guns and shooters…NOT.
fossten on August 26, 2008 at 9:30 AM
With an attitude like that every skinhead and racially motivated a**hole in America has won.
Since when do we blame the intended victim, regardless of who they are?
If someone threatened McCain I would not be blaming John McCain, that’s for sure.
AprilOrit on August 26, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Did they find a “We (heart) Hillery” among all of the other contraband?
MSGTAS on August 26, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Ever heard of Camp Perry? Dumbass.
LimeyGeek on August 26, 2008 at 1:05 PM
:-) That might play if they weren’t white and male; unfortunately for them, they’re both -
RD on August 28, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Glad they got them. Early. And while some people here may be downplaying the seriousness of the events, I’m certainly not going to be among their number.
Obama was indeed in great danger. A gun is the ultimate equalizer — and in this case, the ultimate coward’s weapon, because you can kill an innocent and unknowing person from a great distance. If anyone remembers Lee Boyd Malvo, that was the modus operendi.
We are lucky that these neonazis came onto the FBI radar — had they managed to do the “opsec” thing right, we would be seeing a lot of innocent people dead, including gunshop owners, college kids, and potentially Obama himself. Malvo and his buddy didn’t make it onto the radar, and look what they did with stuff substantially similar to what that neonazi is holding in his photo.
unclesmrgol on October 27, 2008 at 6:44 PM
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