Barack Obama surrounded by bodyguards in 2008Photograph: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters/REUTERS
Inside The World Of Obama's Secret-Service Bodyguards -- The Guardian
Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history. But who wants to kill him? And how likely are they to succeed?
The Southern Poverty Law Center began life in 1971 as a tiny law firm specialising in civil rights cases. It took on the might of the Ku Klux Klan, and was duly rewarded by having its offices razed and its senior lawyers targeted for assassination. But it kept on going and grew to be one of the most respected monitoring groups of rightwing extremism in America today.
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My Comment: A fascinating article that could have been written better .... unfortunately .... this article only focuses on white racist crimes with President Obama being (according to the reporter) the ultimate target and/or reason for this crime.
Case in point .... James von Brunn, aged 88, walks into the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington and shoots dead a security guard. Von Brunn, who died last month in jail awaiting trial, left a note that read: "Obama was created by Jews."
What the Guardian reporter Ed Pilkington conveniently omits is that Von Brunn also hated President Bush.
In addition, President Bush was also exposed to numerous assassination threats and dangers .... from Islamic to anti-war to radical left wing groups gunning for him .... but this story is also conveniently abbreviated by the Guardian.
Regardless of who occupies the White House .... there will always be fringe groups and radicalized individuals who believe that it is their duty to kill the President. For the Guardian to focus on only one group that wants the President dead is a disservice to its readers, and ignores the bigger picture.
A better article is from the Telegraph in 2009, and that link is here.
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