Arrests in Plan to Kill Obama and Black Schoolchildren
Two young men who are believers in “white power” have been arrested and charged in Tennessee in what federal officials described as a plan to assassinate Senator Barack Obama and kill black children at a school.
Federal officials said they regarded the scheme as “serious.” It does not appear to have moved to an advanced stage, according to court documents unsealed Monday, but officials said the two men did acquire several rifles and cased a home and a gun store to rob as part of the plan.
Federal officials said that both of the men who were arrested — Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Ark., and Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn. — told interrogators that they had talked of assassinating Mr. Obama. Lawyers for the men could not be reached.
The two men “planned to drive their vehicle as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows,” according to an affidavit filed in federal court in Jackson, Tenn., by an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Mr. Obama has no plans to be in Tennessee, and the affidavit does not make clear whether the men had picked a place for an attack.
The assassination was to be the culmination of a “killing spree” that would also single out children at an unnamed, predominately black school, federal officials said. The men talked of “killing 88 people and beheading 14 African-Americans,” according to the affidavit.
The two men each had “very strong views” about Aryan white power and “skinhead” ideology, the federal officials said, and the numbers 88 and 14 have special significance in the white power movement. The number 88 is shorthand for “Heil, Hitler” — H is the eighth letter in the alphabet —and 14 signifies a 14-word mantra among white supremacists: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.”
Officials said the two men met via the Internet through a mutual friend.
Concerns about possible plots against Mr. Obama have been acute because of his status as the first black presidential nominee from a major party. He has had Secret Service protection since May 2007, the earliest a candidate was ever assigned protection.
Mr. Cowart and Mr. Schlesselman were each charged with illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun, conspiracy to rob a firearms dealer and making threats against a presidential candidate. A detention hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Memphis.
“We honestly don’t know if they had the capability or the wherewithal to carry out the kind of plan that they talked about,” Malcolm Wiley, a spokesman for the Secret Service in Washington, said in an interview. “But we take any threat seriously no matter how big or how small it is.”
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Where do you start with the brilliance here?
The two men “planned to drive their vehicle as fast as they could toward Obama shooting at him from the windows,”
Genius..sheer, unadulterated, inbred genius...
"C'mon we're a' gonna drive mah truck all fast n shit right at him and you hang outta the winder and shoot jus' as fast as you kin..."
The number 88 is shorthand for “Heil, Hitler” — H is the eighth letter in the alphabet —and 14 signifies a 14-word mantra among white supremacists: “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.”
Just say Heil Hitler and yadda yadda yadda....why do you have to use all this inspector gadget, double speak, crapola?
If your so proud say it loud....like the gays...your at least as proud as the gays aren't you?
The assassination was to be the culmination of a “killing spree” that would also single out children at an unnamed, predominately black school
C'mon grow a pair would you boys? School children? Really?
What kind of Aryan warriors are you for throwing down against kids?...sheesh.
Officials said the two men met via the Internet through a mutual friend.
Craigslist no doubt.
Mutual friend over the Internet? Like pedophiles do?....That's just too creepy on so many levels.
I am not sure if these two are the unfortunate product of inbreeding or pure grain, bath tub brewed white lightning.
Probably both.
Either way they will be making plenty of friends in the pokey...I hear they mix the white and black folks in there....good luck with that.
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