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Arrests Made in Alleged Obama Assassination Plot

Staff / Truthdig Aug 26, 2008 A possible plot to kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama during his acceptance speech Thursday at the Democratic National Convention was foiled in Denver on Monday night when at least three suspects were arrested, authorities reported. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Not in Church’s ‘Cone of Silence’ During Obama Q&A

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2008 A mini-kerfuffle has erupted over the fact that John McCain did not wait his turn in the Saddleback Church's "cone of silence," the soundproofed space backstage at the California church where he was to have waited while Barack Obama answered the Rev. Rick Warren's questions during Saturday's Q&A session. According to Warren, McCain was in a Secret Service motorcade, not at the church, during most of his rival's turn on the hot seat. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Obama

Staff / Truthdig Aug 8, 2008 Raymond Hunter Geisel, a 22-year-old aspiring bail bondsmen, is in custody for allegedly saying of Barack Obama, "If he gets elected, I'll assassinate him myself." Geisel soon made matters worse for himself, reportedly joking to a Secret Service agent that "if he wanted to kill Senator Obama he simply would shoot him with a sniper rifle." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: Secret Service Agents Say Cheney Was Drunk While Hunting

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2006 Capitol Hill Blue, which bills itself as the world's first political Internet news site, claims that Secret Service agents say Cheney was "clearly inebriated" at the time of his hunting accident. Truthdig says: The sourcing on this is sort of vague, but the reporter has good credentials. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )