Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

View from a booth: Thank Gd for decent people in the world who took these two beauties seriously when they said they were going to drive into Barack Obama in a car, guns ablaze. The suspects are 18 and 20 years old. What kind of world is this? Yasher Koach to all the law-enforcement, from Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce, sll the way up to the secret service. This country is going to have to make a stand against these domestic terrorists just as we did with respect to the ones presently sitting in Guantanamo Bay, 1/3 of whom have done nothing to us. Remember the sinking feeling you had in the pit of your stomach when you think "what if" Bobby Kennedy had lived. We cannot afford the same question to be asked about Barack Obama. All measures have to ensure his life for the good of this country. His existence as President and Commander In Chief is now more than ever a national security issue given the precarious position we find ourselves in economically and the transitory nature of our foreign policy regime which has been allowed to debase us as a nation of Americans. As much as there needs to be a war on the Taleban 10,000 miles away, there needs to be a war on the terrorists that are right here at home.

Randy Shiner

Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama

Oct 27 05:27 PM US/Eastern By LARA JAKES JORDAN Associated Press Writer	Write a Comment

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Law enforcement agents have broken up a plot by two neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 88 black people, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives said Monday. In court records unsealed Monday in U.S. District Court in Jackson, Tenn., federal agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target a predominantly African-American high school in a murder spree that was to begin in Tennessee. Agents said the skinheads did not identify the school by name. Jim Cavanaugh, special agent in charge of ATF's Nashville field office, said the two men planned to kill 88 black people, including 14 by beheading. The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic in the white supremacist community. The men also sought to go on a national killing spree after the Tennessee murders, with Obama as its final target, Cavanaugh told The Associated Press. "They said that would be their last, final act—that they would attempt to kill Sen. Obama," Cavanaugh said. "They didn't believe they would be able to do it, but that they would get killed trying." An Obama spokeswoman traveling with the senator in Pennsylvania had no immediate comment. The men, Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman 18, of Helena-West Helena, Ark., are being held without bond. Agents seized a rifle, a sawed-off shotgun and three pistols from the men when they were arrested. Authorities alleged the two men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal more. The defendants were arrested Oct. 22 by the Crockett County, Tenn., Sheriffs Office. "Once we arrested the defendants and suspected they had violated federal law, we immediately contacted federal authorities," said Crockett County Sheriff Troy Klyce. Attorney Joe Byrd, who has been hired to represent Cowart, did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday. Cowart and Schlesselman are charged with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer, and threatening a candidate for president. The investigation is continuing, and more charges are possible, Cavanaugh said. The court records say Cowart and Schlesselman also bought nylon rope and ski masks to use in a robbery or home invasion to fund their spree, during which they allegedly planned to go from state to state and kill people. For the Obama plot, the legal documents show, Cowart and Schlesselman "planned to drive their vehicle as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows." "Both individuals stated they would dress in all white tuxedos and wear top hats during the assassination attempt," the court complaint states. "Both individuals further stated they knew they would and were willing to die during this attempt." Cavanaugh said there's no evidence—so far—that others were willing to assist Cowart and Schlesselman with the plot. He said authorities took the threats very seriously. "They seemed determined to do it," Cavanaugh said. "Even if they were just to try it, it would be a trail of tears around the South." ___ Associated Press writer Erik Schelzig in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this report. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.