Obama threatened more than any previous president-elect
Associated Press Nov 15, 08 4:46 AM CST
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Law enforcement officials say Barack Obama is the most threatened president-elect in history, the AP reports. Potentially threatening writings, Internet chatter, and other activity aimed at Obama has soared since Election Day, accompanied by a surge in racist graffiti. Officials say most of the threats come from ranters lacking the power to harm Obama, but they can't afford to take anything less than seriously.
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FBI joins investigation of plan against Dem candidate
Associated Press Aug 26, 08 12:26 PM CDT
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Authorities say the armed man arrested near Denver on Sunday never posed a "credible threat" to Barack Obama despite reports he threatened the Democratic candidate, AP reports. "We're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the Democratic National Convention, or the people of Colorado," the city's US attorney said today.
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Sites in Denver and
NH evacuated; police investigating powder
Associated Press Aug 21, 08 6:40 PM CDT
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Two campaign offices of John McCain—one in a Denver suburb, the other in New Hampshire—were shut down today after they received threatening letters with an unidentified white powder, authorities say. No injuries have been reported, and staffers underwent medical checkups as a precaution. A government official said investigators suspect the Denver letter was sent by an inmate as a hoax.
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Giesel tight-lipped
at hearing
Associated Press Aug 20, 08 12:19 PM CDT
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A man who authorities said kept an arsenal of weaponry and military gear pleaded not guilty today to threatening to assassinate both President Bush and Barack Obama. Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, spoke only his name and age as his court-appointed lawyer entered the plea. Geisel had previously been charged with threatening Obama, but the Bush charge, added in a grand jury indictment, only became public today.
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Ink stain sought as protection against ruling party 'punishment'
Reuters Jun 28, 08 10:31 AM CDT
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Robert Mugabe is wasting little time. Zimbabwe is expected to announce today that he will win in a landslide and be sworn in to a new term as early as tomorrow, Reuters reports. That would allow him to attend Monday's summit of African Union nations with the election wrapped up. Meanwhile, stories continue to surface about Mugabe's supporters forcing people to vote for him under threat of torture or death.
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US, Iran, N. Korea slip as global economic resentment grows
Financial Times (UK) Apr 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT
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Europeans see China as the biggest threat to world stability, a new poll says. In the wake of the Tibet crackdown, 35% of Europeans labeled China a bigger threat than any other state, reports the Financial Times . “The story of the last five years has been about economic opportunities," said one expert. "The story of the last six months has been about China as a threat in Darfur and in Tibet."
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'Post-Virginia Tech climate' forces school to close doors
Chicago Tribune Apr 12, 08 8:32 AM CDT
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In the wake of campus shootings at Virginia Tech and NIU, threats in a bathroom stall at Chicago’s St. Xavier University prompted an indefinite campus shutdown last night. After graffiti appeared for the second time Thursday, this time reading “Be prepared to die 4/14,” school authorities told students to leave campus and suspended operations, the Chicago Tribune reports.
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Many rethink privacy concerns as they assess risky students
Associated Press Mar 29, 08 11:00 AM CDT
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In the wake of shootings on college campuses, administrators around the nation are forming threat-assessment groups and rethinking policies about sharing information on troubled students, the AP reports. "If a student is a danger to himself or others, all the privacy concerns go out the window,” said an administrator at the University of Kentucky, whose panel of administrators, police, and mental health officials meets twice a month.
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Congressman calls
on Obama to refute 'ugly' racial smears
Kansas City Star Feb 29, 08 4:25 PM CST
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The heat on Hillary Clinton’s black superdelegates is rising, and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver has called on Barack Obama to speak out against “ugly" pressure from his supporters. The Missouri congressman said Clinton’s African-American backers are being "bludgeoned verbally" and told, “You’re not black if you’re not supporting Barack Obama," the Kansas City Star reports.
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Security stepped up on nation's rail system
Associated Press Feb 19, 08 5:33 AM CST
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Amtrak is stepping up security, with random screening of carry-on bags and security teams packing machine guns and leading bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains, reports AP. The new system, beginning this week, echoes stricter security procedures at the nation's airports. Amtrak insists there should be no additional departure delays .
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Voice warned 'You will explode' in standoff with Iranian boats
Navy Times Jan 14, 08 6:59 PM CST
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Threats transmitted during a recent faceoff between US Navy vessels and Iranian boats may have come from a prankster known as the “Filipino Monkey,” the Navy Times reports. Towards the end of last month's faceoff in the Strait of Hormuz, a voice transmitted: “I am coming to you. You will explode in a few minutes.” Iran says the US lied about the threats; now Navy officials say they may have come from shore.
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6 years later, US safeguards still off the mark, Slate argues
Slate Sep 12, 07 7:16 PM CDT
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America’s ad hoc security is still off the mark, says Slate’s Daniel Byman: It fosters fears, ignores US Muslims and never plans from a terrorist’s point of view. “The very concept of homeland security is new for Americans,” Byman writes, “and the department was thrown together quickly and involved many already-dysfunctional bureaucracies. ”
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Pop tart threw baby bottle at photog during Las Vegas brouhaha
Us Magazine Aug 1, 07 3:28 PM CDT
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Celebrity mom Britney Spears threatened to hire someone to kill two paparazzi during a run-in last week outside a Las Vegas hotel casino, Us magazine reports. In a statement released today through lawyers, the pair says Spears' bodyguard manhandled one of the photographers while the singer pursued the other, screaming, "I am going to kill you!" and throwing a baby bottle.
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'We are inside. You cannot stop us,' read anonymous letters
Newsday Jul 6, 07 12:10 PM CDT
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Investment powerhouse Goldman Sachs has been the subject of menacing letters sent to newspapers across the country, prompting an investigation by the FBI. "Hundreds will die," warn the letters that have been traced back to Queens, New York. "We are inside. You cannot stop us."
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