Veep doesn't wield enough power to be worth assassinating
(NEWSER) - Osama bin Laden wanted to assassinate President Obama—but Joe Biden? No point in bothering with him, the al-Qaeda leader told his followers. Amongst bin Laden’s records, “there is a note indicating that the vice president is not an important target because that position has less weight,” a US official told ProPublica . Who else was important? "Military chiefs like the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the defense secretary, top military people." More»
