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Plot unfolds to assassinate Obama on national TV, a 4th arrest, more details
Top of the Ticket — More details emerging from Denver as we write this in the predawn hours on the now suspected plot to assassinate Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama with a high-powered rifle on national television during his outdoor acceptance speech at Invesco Field Thursday night. Authorities have reported a fourth arrest in the unfolding plot that The Ticket first wrote about here a few hours ago at the end of Monday night's Democratic National Convention events at the Pepsi Center. We knew then that authorities in suburban Aurora had stopped a pickup truck for swerving between lanes early Sunday morning in ...

Scant Coverage of Obama Assassination Plot -- Irresponsible Or Cautious?
At-Largely — Posted by Brad Jacobson Was the U.S. media admirably discreet or just plain ineffectual in covering news of the arrest of three men suspected of plotting to assassinate Barack Obama during his acceptance speech at Invesco Field? First, consider the evidence: One of the men arrested, Nathan Johnson said the other two men, Tharin Gatrell and Shawn ...

Scant Coverage of Obama Assassination Plot --- Irresponsible Or Cautious?
The BRAD BLOG — Guest Blogged by Brad Jacobson of MediaBloodhound... Was the U.S. media admirably discreet or just plain ineffectual in covering news of the arrest of three men suspected of plotting to assassinate Barack Obama during his acceptance speech at Invesco Field? First, consider the evidence: One of the men arrested, Nathan Johnson said the other two men, Tharin Gatrell and Shawn Robert Adolph, "had planned to kill Barack Obama...on Thursday...," which was why they were in Denver, and that "Adolph was going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a 22-250 rifle which had been sighted at 750 yards." According to the FBI, "Johnson was ...

Scant Coverage of Obama Assassination Plot — Irresponsible Or Cautious?
Crooks and Liars — (Guest-posted by Brad Jacobson of Media Bloodhound)   Was the U.S. media admirably discreet or just plain ineffectual in covering news of the arrest of three men suspected of plotting to assassinate Barack Obama during his acceptance speech at Invesco Field? First, consider the evidence: One of the men arrested, Nathan Johnson said the other two men, Tharin Gartrell and Shawn Robert Adolph, “had planned to kill Barack Obama…on Thursday…,” which was why they were in Denver, and that “Adolph was going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a 22-250 rifle which had been ...