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8/25/2008 9:14 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Obama Assassination Plot?

A Denver TV station is reporting authorities may have foiled an assassination plot against Barack Obama, and there's talk the suspects may be members of a white supremacy group.

KUSA-TV claims three men are in custody after a routine traffic stop in Aurora (near Denver) turned up two rifles, high-powered scopes, ammo and meth. The man in the car led authorities to a hotel where another suspect jumped out of a fourth floor window in an attempt to escape.

A third guy was busted at another hotel but the info on him is sketchy.

The arrests went down yesterday. The TV station says sources said "Two of the men had tattoos and jewelry popular with white supremacists."

The mugshot inset in the photo is of one of the suspects, Tharin Gartrell.

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Ciccarelli:  1267 days ago

Thanks for the correction. It said KSUA-TV at first, I copied and pasted it to google to see the original story and found nothing. Then I call BS and TMZ changes it to KUSA, an acutal station in Denver with the story. Nice scoop.

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An Honest Black Man:  1267 days ago

Everyone in our nation and the world knows that there will be inevitably be attempts to take Obama's life. Imagine the chaos in our country if Obama is slain...Lincoln, MLK Jr., RFK...Americans feel threatened by intelligent, progressive thinking, open minded, charasmatic leaders. The problem is racism exists and there are way more simple minded, unintelligent followers in our nation than educated leaders. America is afraid of change and ignorance in our nation runs deep...passed down through generations. Unfortunately, because I am educated and mindful of my country's history this story does not surprise me but confirms my belief that ignorance in America is bliss.

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Nick:  1267 days ago

Wow! I though someone would beat me to the punch. So here it goes:

Why didn't they offer them a deal, to assasinate Denver Broncos Coach Mike Shannahan for those time outs before clutch field goals?...

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Melon Head:  1267 days ago

ITS ALL JUST SOME PRE PUBLICITY FOR AN UPCOMING HOLLYWOOD MOVIE....RELAX PEOPLE...VOTE MCCAIN....

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Megan:  1267 days ago

People are always so passionate as to why they don't want Obama but can't give the same passion as to why they want McCain. He's dumber than Bush!!

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PJ:  1267 days ago

This is a very sick world we live in. I can go on and on with my reasons why. I just want to say one thing. This guy was caught with meth, big suprise.

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AvaBardot:  1267 days ago

a very sad world indeed...

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s c o r n:  1267 days ago

Typical white trash morons, too stupid to blow up a sex doll.

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dana:  1267 days ago

IT is sad that this sort of thing is still happening. I am really afraid that if he is elected he will not live out his term (I am not making a threat or anything) but there are some ignorant people who still in this day and age will judge his ability to be president on his skin color. Very sad!

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Bird:  1267 days ago

For those of you saying America is not ready for a black president they better get ready because it's about to happen. Sure there will people who want to get to him just because he's black or just because he is a dem, but that is their hang up. Saying that America is not ready for it doesn't mean black people shouldn't run for the office. And for everyone making an issue of his name, big woop. Although Barack is not a muslim what if he was? Do you think it is ok to discriminate against muslim people? Are muslim Americans not allowed to run for office? Idiots are all over the place.

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presariobaywatcher:  1267 days ago

Obama knows that he is more of a target because of his skin color, and this latest event is no surprise. The Secret Service has on their hands a huge order in front of them protecting Obama. Luckily, most of these "attempts," like this one, are thought up by those a little light in the mental gene pool, so most times they amount to nothing.

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Alison:  1267 days ago

Oh, please, this is Colorado for crying out loud. Guns are about as common as in Texas or Washington state where I am from originally. I guarantee they would have been caught with this last week or next week or next month with the same items in their car. Just because it happened to coincide with the Convention does not tie them to an assassination attempt. Drama queens one and all.

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temp girl:  1267 days ago

Not surprised. His plane has had serious problems and almost emergency landing within a 3 month period. Someone really wants him dead. What are the odds that you'd have major plane issues, major. within such a short period of time. I've been flying for years and have only had one plane delay because of an issue. Very strange. Someone high up wants him gone.

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frogs and gravel:  1267 days ago

Meth always makes you think clearly and logically.

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sox lover:  1267 days ago

People are crazy just vote for McCain and get over it already who needs a racist muslim as our president, just go on youtube and go to Obama and the Sermon on the Mount. Has out great nation forgot GOD?????


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