Obama Now Under Secret Service Protection

[DBlack]

I guess the mainstreamers finally figured to take Obama's popularity and value seriously.

After all, if something was to happen to him, black folks everywhere would prolly nuttup, and for good reason.

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(CNN) -- Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been placed under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service, the Secret Service said Thursday.
A statement from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he authorized the protection detail for Obama.
"As a matter of procedure, we will not release any details of the deliberations or assessments that led to protection being initiated," the statement said. "For security reasons we will not release the timing, scope or details of any protective operations."
The Secret Service told CNN no specific threat had been made against Obama.



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[MadameX]

Originally Posted by DBlack

I guess the mainstreamers finally figured to take Obama's popularity and value seriously.

After all, if something was to happen to him, black folks everywhere would prolly nuttup, and for good reason.

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(CNN) -- Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been placed under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service, the Secret Service said Thursday.
A statement from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he authorized the protection detail for Obama.
"As a matter of procedure, we will not release any details of the deliberations or assessments that led to protection being initiated," the statement said. "For security reasons we will not release the timing, scope or details of any protective operations."
The Secret Service told CNN no specific threat had been made against Obama.



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For some strange reason, I'm not surprise. The political climate is starting to get to tight. Perhaps , this is a foreshadowing of what's coming up in the next couple months as far as Obama is concern.

[Sade]

I was under the impression that ALL presidential candidates got SS protection. Though WE may be ready for a Black president, there are some who can't fathom the idea.

[DBlack]

True, at some point, once the list is narrowed, they all get SS details. I wonder why Obama is getting it so early.

I read somewhere he requested it, but doesn't appear to be common knowledge/fact. I doubt if Amerikkka is ready for a brotha in the white house.

[MadameX]

Originally Posted by DBlack

I doubt if Amerikkka is ready for a brotha in the white house.

You got that right. Too many red necks would turn pale .

[bibadiva73]

Obama looks like a real contender and I'm sure alot of people want to stop him. America isn't as progressive as people think it is.

[sonflour_2001]

Nope. To be perfectly honest...I fear for his life. Racial tension has been simmering underneath the PC surface for a while now. Black Americans in normal settings are oftentimes in danger...much less black presidential candidates...
Sometimes, I'm even suspicious as to whether the Secret Service would fend for him if something were to happen.

Okay, I'll calm down and turn off my suspicious cynic mode for now...
Maybe I'm overreacting but that won't stop me from praying for his safety...

SBWD

[JABOOM]

Originally Posted by DBlack

I guess the mainstreamers finally figured to take Obama's popularity and value seriously.

After all, if something was to happen to him, black folks everywhere would prolly nuttup, and for good reason.

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(CNN) -- Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been placed under the protection of the U.S. Secret Service, the Secret Service said Thursday.
A statement from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he authorized the protection detail for Obama.
"As a matter of procedure, we will not release any details of the deliberations or assessments that led to protection being initiated," the statement said. "For security reasons we will not release the timing, scope or details of any protective operations."
The Secret Service told CNN no specific threat had been made against Obama.



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I bet he is every one should know by now the scarest thing to the white man is a (sorry for this word I hate it too but) ****** WITH POWER THEY CAN'T CONTROL. Plus half the black folks here are already nutty they just need an excuse to really go off............................AND I can't wait because I would be right along with every one else doing "monkey flips" (for the purpose of an image only because I ain't nobodys dayum monkey)

[MadameX]

Originally Posted by DBlack

I read somewhere he requested it, but doesn't appear to be common knowledge/fact.

Hmmm. That sounds like some propaganda.

[Corals]

Man with knife arrested outside US presidential candidate Obama's hotel

The Associated Press
Thursday, July 5, 2007

DES MOINES, Iowa: A man with a large knife was arrested outside presidential hopeful Barack Obama's hotel in southeast Iowa, police said.

Davit Zakaryan, 24, was searched and apprehended Wednesday after Obama's security crew allegedly saw him loitering outside a Fairfield Inn in Ottumwa before the Democratic U.S. senator was about to leave for a busy day of campaigning.

Police said they did not know why Zakaryan was outside the hotel with the knife, and they cautioned against making any assumptions until he was questioned further.

"This is not an earth-shattering" arrest, Lt. Mike McDonough of the Ottumwa Police Department said. "He made no threats toward the senator."

Zakaryan was arrested after 8:30 a.m. and charged with possessing an illegal weapon and driving without a license. Police said the knife was longer than 8 inches (20 centimeters), which exceeds the state limit.

Zakaryan was being held Wednesday night at the Wapello County Jail on a $6,825 (€5,012) bond. He was to be arraigned Thursday morning.

A call to Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor was not immediately returned Wednesday night.

McDonough said Obama's security crew had been keeping an eye on Zakaryan because they thought his car looked familiar and may have been at another of Obama's campaign stops. After Zakaryan pulled the car near the hotel, the agents asked police to question him. That's when they found the knife inside the car, McDonough said.

McDonough said the identification card Zakaryan gave them showed he was from Ohio, several states away, but they were not sure whether the ID was valid.

Obama has spent much of his time campaigning in Iowa the past few months, trying to build support for the state's leadoff caucuses in January. In May, Secret Service announced it would provide protection for Obama while he was campaigning.
Man with knife arrested outside US presidential candidate Obama's hotel - International Herald Tribune
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Looks like that protection is needed afterall.