DENVER, Colorado - August 26, 2008 - Three men who were in Denver with sniper
rifles, camouflage clothing, bullet-proof vests and rental trucks who had
talked about killing Barack Obama posed "no credible threat" to the
Democratic presidential candidate's life, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday.
U.S. Attorney Troy Eid, who charged the three men this week on lesser weapons and drug charges, described the suspects simply as "meth-heads" whose drug-addled fantasies of killing Obama were merely "aspirational," and he said their actions did not show that they were serious enough about killing the Illinois senator to charge them with attempted assassination of a presidential candidate.
Eid, speaking to reporters during an afternoon press conference at his office here, said numerous federal and local law enforcement agencies, including the Secret Service, FBI and ATF, continued to do everything they could to keep Obama safe.
"A bunch of meth-heads got together," Eid said of the meeting, dismissing any plotting.
"There was no credible threat" against Obama or any convention attendees, he said.
Ed. Note: Like I said, this was not a real assassination conspiracy. It was a scam on the American people, for some as yet unknown reason.