An Unprecedented Number of Death Threats Against Obama

October 23, 2009 by Infowars Ireland

President Obama's motorcade surrounded by secret service in his 2009 inaugural parade.

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A recent Boston Globe article stated that an unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, an increase in racist hate groups, and more antigovernment passion have put much pressure on the US Secret Service. On the other hand, Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said there hasn’t been an unusually large number of death threats against the president.

“I don’t know where they’re getting their numbers,” Donovan said. “We don’t put out numbers and we don’t discuss the scope of threats, typically. What we are seeing is that there was certainly a rise in the number of threats during the campaign and immediately after the inauguration, but since that time the number of threats is within the range of [the most] recent two presidents” during the same amount of time after taking office.” The Globe article stated that it had obtained a report not yet released publicly by the Congressional Research Service on threats to Obama’s life.

The article indicated that Secret Service agents are so overwhelmed with protecting the nation’s leaders that they must reevaluate how to split time between guarding leaders (and thwarting terrorist plots) and investigating financial crimes.

Donovan said there is no reason to question the Secret Service’s dual missions. “We feel we have a very strong history and a very strong track record (in our dual mission). For instance, in 2008 when we had the longest campaign and most expensive campaign in history and most historic campaign in history, we were able to set a record for our agency in that we received $141 million in asset forfeiture.” Secret Service agents also investigated the two biggest data breaches in history, and “that indicates that we’re successfully completing our dual mission,” Donovan said. Read full article…