Sarah Palin Blamed by the US Secret Service Over Death Threats Against Barack Obama

Source: UK Telegraph

The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of "palling around with terrorists", citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers.

The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.

But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.

The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks.



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I'm stunned. Just stunned by this. Before this article came out, and before "Newsweek"
reported that Michelle Obama was terribly concerned about the level of hate instigated
by Palin at these rallies--I told my husband that Michelle Obama looked different. She
looked stressed and like she had gained weight. I thought she looked as if she had been
'stress eating'--but I attributed this to the stress of the campaign. As it turns out,
in October, the Obama family was given several warnings about increased death threats
to Barack--that were in part catalyzed by the hatred and rancor incited by Sarah Palin
herself.

Damn. Just damn. We all heard Palin's venom. We all witnessed those rally audiences.
They acted like animals. McCain finally had to tone down the vitriol.

This makes me so sad and so disgusted. Michelle Obama deserves a medal. She so graciously
allowed her husband to run for President, and has agreed to share him with the nation. It's
obvious, from her appearance and her demeanor that she was troubled to her core. However, she
never complained, and never gave a hint to her pain and fear. She soldiered on--for her
husband and for the country. I'm just so sad that all of that pain was because of
Palin--a horrible, selfish, vacuous woman--who I hope is shamed into the darkest corners of Alaska
for the rest of her life.

Gives me some hope.

I have no doubt that they will protect him better than any other security crew in the world, and they will go to their graves before they let POTUS or the 1st Family get hurt. No worries here.

in fact, most of them were at a drinking party the night before they were scheduled to protect the President in Dallas, Nov. 22, 1963.

I watched a documentary on the JFK assassination that talked about what happened to the secret service afterwards. It was turned upside down and completely reformed.

but THAT Secret Service clique were never held responsible --

they helped open the door to full throttle fascism as their racist instincts were

were appealed to. At the time, the Dallas police force was 50% KKK...

I recall an ABC special report aired a decade ago based on Sy Hersh's The Dark Side of Camelot that interviewed several members of JFK's personal Secret Service detail. One of them remarked that most of the guys who had been guarding Jack asked to be reassigned in the Summer and Fall of 1963. While it didn't connect the dots, the same documentary also went into Jack's womanizing, which the Service officers facilitated, particularly the President's affair with a East German woman, Ellen Rometsch, below, who the FBI believed was an intelligence agent.



Jack was accused of sharing secrets with this woman, and the affair became a scandal in Washington inner circles. See FBI Memo, 10/28/63, below. The woman was bundled off to Germany by Jack's political operatives when the story started to leak. See, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E3D9...

If the Secret Service actually believed there was "pillow talk" of that kind, that would explain the fact that JFK's most trusted bodyguards left him. We all know the result.

At the very least, the Rometsch accusation was an integral part of a cover-story for the many, and more complex, motives for killing him.

Gees.

corruption --

as I recall it

was nearly killed with them. I hope for better results.

is this someone in the Secret Service?

Never, ever to be confused with Harry Chapin, one of the best songwriter/story tellers ever.

Chapin was a Nixon aide, I think-???

Have you ever seen the tape of the agent running next to the car who gets called off to stand down, and he shrugs and makes gestures, like WTF? And how can you compare this to something that happened all those years ago?

out of position, much too far from him. Strange level of amateurism for a pro. And Reagan is said to have never been "his own man" again; playing golf or something like that most of the time. If I remember the article I read correctly.

Timothy McCarthy did put himself between President Reagan and himself, and took one in the abdomen, so the system worked in that case.

doing enough of the BFEE's bidding so he needed a little "shaking up". Hinkley's and Bush's,long time pal's. Neil was supposed to have dinner with them the following evening. Or was it Jeb?

Secret Service have their "little demon's" in their heads just like the cops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY02Qkuc_f8

creepy.

Obama's side now.

Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.

considered possible.

Little can be done UNLESS you first weaken the protection ... turn the "guards" --

the more they stay the same."

Yet, I would like to think that there is adequate protection for Obama above and beyond what he gets the Secret Service, but after 9-11, I would think that we need more than a "reinvigorated" Secret Service for his complete protection.

For example, we know that the almighty Pentagon is not even capable of protecting itself from a direct attack by a conspiracy of terrorists (whoever they were) on its own backdoor in Washington DC. There was a serious amount of indecision in critical seconds by responsible people in government when those hijacked planes were circling Washington DC and adjacent areas.

So really, after the incredible lack of security evident from the 911 attacks, it is not unthinkable that there could be an inside job/coup against Obama, and could it come from compromised Secret Service agents or DHS agents?

Perhaps what's really protecting Obama is the thought of VP Biden (and Pelosi) taking over, if he was suddenly assassinated by something more than your usual lone nut with a lucky shot or two. We won't be left with some dopey Texas hick (and faithful servant of the military industrial complex), as we got from LBJ after Kennedy was taken out. In our case today, it ought to be "out of the frying pan, into the fire", if there is another internal conspiracy this time. At best, the smart conspirators might end up in a sort of stalemate this time, they would not be turning back the clock, at worst there would be a serious backlash against the right wing extremists and any renegade CIA black ops who would likely be behind some of these shenanigans.

even by now as to who is really in control --

What really goes on behind the scenes? Who really is in control, and how
much power does the President really have?

And if it's true, that the President is taken to a room and told "This is how
things are going to go down", how do they control that President?

It sounds like the stuff of conspiracy movies. However, when you see the Dems
and Reps working in tandem to pull off what has happened in the past eight years,
it really makes you wonder just what in the heck is really going on.

Imagine...being a true patriot and a Constitutional scholar, and being led into
a room and told that it's all an illusion--in which you will be playing the
starring role.

If it's not a movie...it should be.

From what I've read/noticed .... Carter could tell us a lot ...

he tried to and they pulled the sound for 20 mins as he talked w/no words coming out --

Obviously, they used the heat of hostage situation to "swiftboat" him ...

And put on new NIGHTLINE/Koppel show every night to keep it going...

Few topics are as incendiary among public as hostages/POW's and that's why

governments don't usually admit to their POW's still held when a war ends.

The hostage situation echoed those feelings.


THEN .. there's the question of the failed Carter rescue attempts --

Ollie North and another like him (was it Secord?) headed them up--!!!!


AND then the pretty much proven "October Surprise" -- which, btw, Gates played

a major role in...


Additionally, it's suggested that Carter was sent a strong message in regular and repeated

reports to him of planned assassination attempts -- until he pretty much had to consider

them suggestions of what they would do to him if he persisted ...

I think he stll tried and was repeatedly betrayed--!!


CLINTON -- you probably lived thru --

How many crazed gun nuts firing into WH from sidewalk area--?

A small plane actually flying into WH close to bedroom areas --

Helms' comments/threats in Senate --

Limbaugh inciting to violence --

They were attacking him before he took office -- and then it NEVER stopped--

"Christian" right was more powerful then -- a bit weaker now, I hope!


REAGAN ... some say after attack on him Bush became president ...!!!


NIXON was a vicious and murderous man who evidently thought his handlers/owners

wouldn't act against him cause he knew too much -- whether they needed to get

rid of him -- (he seems to have been psychotic) --or whether his own arrogance

and not well-hidden criminality caused his downfall, I don't know ...

The Dems seemed to have been gaining info on '63 coup on government/JFK --

and the plan seems to have been to PLANT info that Dems were taking $$$ from

Russian Communists ---

and, too, back up scandal of Dems using prostitutes --

as they might choose. I vaguely remember the audio going dead on Pres. Carter's speech, although I've forgotten the details of that story. Anyone recall the specifics?

"...the CIA "uses far more resources in its propaganda operations than any single news agency.... In fact, the CIA propaganda budget is as large as the combined budgets of Reuters, United Press International and the Associated Press."

Sean Gervasi. CIA Covert Propaganda Capability. Covert Action Information Bulletin, No. 7, December 1979 - January 1980, pp. 18-20.

...and seriously--it sounds like the backdrop of a good movie.

With what has happened in our government--it gives a person pause
and room for a lot of doubt about what is really going on.

The questions is...who are "they?" Who are the behind-the-scenes
people who are controlling things? How in the world could a decent
person not collapse under the weight of being President--and discovering
that all of the Americans you just met and made promises to--are the victims
of a massive coup and fraud?

I didn't know that about Carter's 20 minutes of silence, in which the sound
was pulled. I never heard about that. I was pretty young and not
paying attention to politics at that time. Any other info on that, would
be greatly appreciated.

It's interesting that you identify Republicans (Nixon, Reagan) as Presidents
who are victims of these people, not in cahoots with them. I've always been
under the impression that the nutjob wing of the Republican party (neocons)
are the real devils who have their claws inside the powerful groups who
control much of the corruption and profit from it. I've always seen the
neocons as being at the epicenter of all of this--with Progressive Dems
and some Republicans being victims.

Who knows...it's hard to decipher it all.

Thanks for the interesting post.

It's interesting that you identify Republicans (Nixon, Reagan) as Presidents
who are victims of these people, not in cahoots with them.


quickly any impression I gave you that Nixon or Reagan weren't deeply involved
--absolutely knowingly as in Nixon's case ... or simply a dishonest man as
REAGAN moving to the side of $$$/power because he could early on not stand up
against it, or felt threatened by it, himself --- one way or another...
The Reagans -- personally -- seemed to have wide eyes on wealth/comfort.

But Reagan was no Altar boy ... I think he would have defended 'n supported
a coup on JFK as a "Commie" ... I think he may have at least been sounded out
on sympathy for such a plan. May not have been presented in other than terms
of JFK being a threat to nation. Remember, Reagan also worked for the ultra
right-wing/fascist GE -- his bread 'n butter.


In NIXON's case, I think he misunderstood his power to blackmail those elites
he did murderous work for and their willingness to act aggressively against him --
and I think he knew pretty much ALL of the most recent history because he was an
active participant in it --
and I think he also didn't recognize in time he was becoming vulnerable to losing
control of those underlings who had done dirty work for him and capable of blackmailing
him ... Howard Hunt, for instance.

At that point we still had something left of liberal courts
-- not positive about press -- whether story was actually arranged to be given
to Woodward to unseat Nixon or whether WAPOST was out there alone on story--
oddity of McCord involvement and his "confession" -- not really sure.


The question is...who are "they?"

THEY are the same people/gene pool Founders dealt with - elites --
and the hand's on gangsters who serve them - those with the know-how.
Large corporations ...wealthy who control our natural resources --

THEY control the secrets and wealth/power .. obviously, much wealth/power comes
from phoney drug war. This is an old game/enterprise.

What secrets are higher than that ...?
Reality of Global Warming one danger for them they've been busy hiding --
ET's .. ? IMO ... yes.

"Information is power" ...controlling and hiding it provides a way to control
and manipulate public.

Re this ...

I didn't know that about Carter's 20 minutes of silence, in which the sound
was pulled. I never heard about that. I was pretty young and not
paying attention to politics at that time. Any other info on that, would
be greatly appreciated.

I actually watched it happen ... and given the propaganda that so successfully made
him look like a fool, the fiasco of the sound loss simply looked to me at the time as
ANOTHER Carter administration failure and Immoved on rather than truly questioning
how this could be happening. I didn't wake up until 1988--!!!
Check memories here, but I don't think press ever challenged idea of such a thing happening--???

Re this ...

I've always been under the impression that the nutjob wing of the Republican party (neocons)
are the real devils who have their claws inside the powerful groups who
control much of the corruption and profit from it. I've always seen the
neocons as being at the epicenter of all of this--

Yes -- current identity of those controlling the highest hill agreed -- neo-cons/PNAC.
But for 50,000+ years it is patriarchal violence which turned world upside down...
and gave authority to their "male superiority" with underpinning of organized patriarchal
religions. They used Bible to cement patriarchy.

M8ch power came from derived oppressing the MAJORITY gender --
Patriarchal religion has had numerous enemies -- women, homosexuals, Jews, pagans,
native peoples, Africans -- all to be exploited.

"Manifest Destiny" and "Man's Dominion over Nature" are the religious licenses to the
elite to exploit nature, natural resources, animal-life --and even other human beings
according to various myths of inferiority.


PS --

Read about attempted coup on FDR ... elite/corporatists, including Prescott Bush-
Nixon's mentor.

(Also see "Brig. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler/"War Is A Racket!!"
He was also whistle-blower on FDR coup.)

AND, If you watch "All the President's Men" be sure uncut --

Yes, what does go on behind the scenes?

said that if an assasin was willing to give up his life in the attempt, that thwarting an assasination would be very difficult.

In fact, it was Bobby Kennedy's assassination that brought about giving protection to candidates in the primaries.

See this video
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-57709843954814...

Heck one through himself in front of Ronald Reagan and took a bullet for him.

If you recall JFK was riding in an open air convertible down public streets that weren't guarded by SS. You'll also notice that it was the last time that has happened. Presidents travel inside bullet proof special made cars that are like armored tanks. They actually have a chasis that can withstand a minor bomb blast as well as solid steel sides and roofs. Those cars travel with the President to other countries too, and they weigh so much it takes a crane to put them into the transports that carry them.

The SS has always grown and learned and evolved based on the last assassination or attempt at one. What we don't see at those public rallies is the incredible security around them. There are SS on all the rooftops, and on every floor who have checked out every single room within eye shot of where the candidate will be. That's why it's such a hassle when the President travels to any town. Whole Avenues and neighborhoods are shut down and controlled during the visit.

It's not only Secret Service, but hundreds of local cops. Everything from beat-patrolmen walking the crowds to cops on horseback, K9 units with bomb-sniffing dogs, SWAT teams with enough weapons to arm Bolivia.

There is a hell of a lot of security around Obama events, and Obama himself I've seen riding in a big black tour bus, probably highly modified with window glass that's six inches thick and enough armor to withstand anything short of a nuclear blast. They don't fuck around.

"The Echo from Dealy Plaza".... about a black Secret Service agent who complained about the lax security around Kennedy and was convicted on trumped up charges and sent to federal prison and damn near destroyed in retaliation... interesting book that came out this year.

this is now, things are different.
President Obama (say that out loud, sounds so good!)
will have the finest security anywhere.

Can you imagine any president now being allowed to ride in a convertible?

Things are very different now. They have much better tools to fight any attempts at the presidents life.

Personally I'd rather believe they will keep him safe.

there to shield him from assassin's bullets or to give physical cover to him, but both were ordered to stay beside the car following behind Kennedy's. Several accounts say they tried to do their job and had to be ordered back to the following car after protesting to their superior.

No doubt there was complicity with the assassins by someone in the Secret Service that day. Who ordered it and why is still not known or has been kept as another state secret among many related to the JFK assassination.

On edit: Oops. I hadn't read down far enough to see the videos showing those incidents.

GHW bush is deeply involved, he's still with us.........and marvin, jeb, & neil are brighter than their brother & still there, ( Not to mention uncles & cousins) With the support of Rev Sun Moon, convicted for tax evasion filthy rich ( his company may have been the distributer for the last seafood you ate!: big money maker seafood distribution; like BEER!) crowned King in the Senate Dirkson Bldg in the summer of '04!

There wasn't a lot they could have done once that decision was made. They couldn't have swept the entire route by the time the motorcade began.

Had things gone as planned the secret service service would have prevented that assassination with the use of the armored glass.

A lot of powerful men were involved in that asassaination!
It is saod that one of the RFK gunmen WAS a secret service man!

contact the media, click on my journal to find out how

There have been at least a half dozen stories over the last five years of young teens (14 and under) passing in homework assignments (or posting to their MySpace pages) with artwork or creative writing that contained references to violence against Pres. Bush. The Secret Service was all over these.

It's great that they're catching on to these white supremacist assholes whose actions appear to be motivated by over-the-top Republican rhetoric. The USSS remains one of the "cleanest" and most effective security agencies in government.

But, if you can get arrested for merely using the word "bomb" in an airport - even when referring to a bad night club act - then why can't Palin be charged with inciting violence? Where can I get this kind of deferential treatment?

you know, the one who just got busted by Metro police today, I wouldn't qualify him as having the calibre and judgement to protect Pres. Obama.

I'm starting to really worry about his safety in the White House now.

Somebody on the reich has got to condemn Limbaugh. It's never happened, but he's out of control with his hate.

I don't care who it is, but maybe Gingrich can take him on. Hannity won't, nor will the coward O'Reilly, by name.

of the blame, too and need to be reprimanded.

Poor little Sarah. Seems like everyone's unloading on her now that she's of no value to the McCain campaign and the Republican party.

My question is when will it be Joe the Plumber's turn.

Maybe they'll make a few house calls in the next weeks. That would tone it all way, way down. The screaming banshees Limbaugh is really a coward.

a field day of I-told-you-soing about Obama's plans to be a dictator (along with Socialsit and Marxist and Communist and Constitutionalist and all those other -ists.) I'd say, "Good, let 'em worry," but with them stocking up on firearms and all, I don't know what to think. But, Limbaugh, Hannity, and Palin, and McCain, too need to feel some of the fear they are manifesting with their hate and lies.

he couldn't "handle" his handlers, nor Sarah's, nor Sarah. Speaks VOLUMES about his INABILITY to lead or take control of a situation, IMO. It makes them touting themselves as 'mavericks' that much more laughable.

And think how it looked to the rest of the world. THAT, "my friends", is a reflection on the good ol' USA. ANY chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Not only is the RepubliKLAN party the weakest link, they FOUND the missing link in Sarah Palin and JtP, imho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUTmsHe36do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs5hUsrlUck&feature=rela...

I suspect it was bullet proof glass or some kind of shield. I think the SS is working hard to protect our new president.

Contact the media, click on my journal to find out how

that they are have to take responsibility for what they have started. This is how I am going to handle the treats and false accusations. Hopefully the MSM will fill obligated to pressure McCain/Palin to make a formal statement.


Like me, some of you are trolling RW-blogs and are aware of the on-line hate speech directed toward Obama.

We must let them know- The world is watching-They can affect history

First, please collect the hate comments everyday, everyplace you find them, and include as much information as you can, permalinks, site managers/editors/and any relevant information. Please organize the information by blog as well as post or comment section and put it in a word document attached to an email.

Second, Lets create a non-stop righteous flood of emails to every media outlet possible.

I am including this statement (welcome to use it or get some inspiration);

Over the course of this campaign the world witnessed a man who promised to help us come together. He traveled almost non-stop, inspiring people all over the nation, fostering a new spirit in America and abroad. What we witnessed on Election Day has never occurred in human history-global celebration and unity.

For that reason, it saddens me greatly to inform you that the disturbing pattern of hate and violent rhetoric towards Obama still exists, and might be growing. This attachment contains the offensive websites and comments found. Please read through this and make some type of live announcement.

Despite hopes to the contrary, it seems many people are convinced that this man is the enemy and a terrorist. It seems clear that such reckless and frequent use of strong labels during a time of war against our commander and chief-elect has the potential to disrupt the chain of command. Undoubtly, it is possible that family members of the deployed armed service members might hold such beliefs and quite possibly the deployed themselves.

During the election season, the self-interested justified the discussion of lengthy narratives that invoked imagery of terrorist acts or foreign subversive identity merely for the sake of recounting and creating fear. False questions, stated as a means of implying the existence of unknown plans, as well as �associations� have served to distort some about how this country might change. In addition to fears about war and economic crisis, new fears are emerging about those who might be un-American. However, he did not fail us but we are failing him.

Despite the slanderous tone, demeaning references to previous service, this leader demonstrated restraint, patience, and forgiveness during his acceptance speech in which he reaffirmed his commitment to the care and protection of one American.


I had the instant feeling that things were going to get a little better and that the first crack in a significant barrier opened let a little light through. Like a gravitational force pulling me off my couch transfixing me to the screen, a celebration broke out that electrified the globe. People were dancing and crying and hugging, masses in the streets of large cities, an international moment of collective joy and peace emerged, and I could not believe what I was witnessing. I never realized that level of unity was possible, to share a moment of �global closeness� like that, was powerful

The dancing and joy was the celebration of the long journey to a different type of politics, one virtually none of us initially believed in, a type about us and not the power of a leader, one more kind and honest, in which we over come cynicism and doubt, and say yes we can. There has been much discussion about race and its significance in this election and also evident is the realization that an inspirational figure promised us that if he could run a campaign that treated everyone with respect and dignity then the American people would elect him as the next president, and we did.


Former non-believer

I'm not kidding. She should be prosecuted.

can't even get Bush, Cheney, Rummy, etc., prosecuted, so good luck with that.

Arrrggggggghhhhhhh! I guess she's inspired a little hate in me too--I hate her. She's an equal opportunity bile factory.

I'd go for Patrick J. Fitzgerald

If not as AG, at least as independent prosecutor.

His head has always been screwed on very well re government/Wall St corruption --

Spitzer was headed towards saving us from a lot of stuff we're going thru now re economy ...

WH stopped him --

although he knew very well that Cheney was behind it. He could have called Cheney as a witness at the very least.

But was blocked by lack of testimony from people like Scooter Libby. Hence the charges of obstruction of justice and perjury on Libby (who was then pardoned by the criminal Bush admin.)

Fitzgerald went as far as he could obtain compelling evidence.

Just sayin'.

. . .CARPE DIEM !

http://youngturks.wmod.llnwd.net/a591/o1/7-14-08Buglios...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi

With just this one selection, President Obama says he is serious about upholding the U.S Constitution and the unequivocal pursuit of justice.

Of course, Obama should announce this appointment as close to 1/20/09 as possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Bugliosi

He would kick ass and take names.

Rp

The test is did Palin advocate "imminent lawless action." By "imminent" the courts have historically meant "RIGHT NOW."

The classic case I read in law school was where some rocker screamed at a crowd at a street rally "After the concert -- let's take the streets later!" Advocacy of lawless action, certainly. But not advocacy of IMMINENT lawless action.

On the other hand there may be federal statutes with particular reference to presidential candidates, which I would not know. I defer to experts out there.

Paul

Everyone should know what she's done - have it spelled out in plain, simple English.

I wonder why she isnt sitting in a jail cell awaiting trial for incitement to murder or conspiracy to commit murder.