Secret Service says Obama rally was secure

[Ichingcarpenter]

Source: UPI

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Secret Service Friday denied reports that security measures at a recent Barack Obama rally in Texas were relaxed or deviated from established plans.

Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren said there was no order from the Secret Service to stop screening people going to the Obama rally Wednesday at Dallas's Reunion Arena. He said that the event's security plans didn't involve having each participant pass through a magnetometer, as may be the case at other events.

The Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported that some police at the event expressed concern about people not passing through metal detectors.

"Any allegations to the fact that we had suspended screening or deviated from the original security plan would be entirely inaccurate," Zahren said.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Sports/2008/02/22/secret_service_says_obama_rally_was_secure/8554/

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Somebody is not telling the truth

[DemocratDammit]

1. Pull the other one, G-man

The Dallas Police were not lying to us.

[LakeSamish706]

2. So even if he is telling the truth, why the hell would they have an event like...

this without running people thru a metal detector? That seems just crazy to me.

[lazer47]

3. Bullshit,, you can't even go to a Social Security Office without being screened

[tavalon]

4. Original security plan:

Get Obama killed.

See, he didn't lie.

[tavalon]

5. Well, it's a bit of he said, she said

I think the folks who got in at the last minute should let us know if they were required to go through the screening process. Seems pretty easy to figure out who is lying.

[MasonJar]

6. What supporter of Obama or Clinton would object to going through a scanner?

I know the answer...none. This is an inexcusable action! I hope the hype about it deters such insidious decisions in the future. Obama and Clinton need protection at all events. There are so many quirky, bigoted losers out there in the USA that all our candidates need protection at all times. Since rendition, how many citizens believe anything the CIA or the FBI says?

[rosetta627]

7. This is crap

This is not acceptable.

[Ian David]

8. Just like Mrs. Bhuto. n/t

[Vinca]

9. All it takes is 1 nut with a high powered rifle in the back row.

If people got in without being screened there was lax security. Secret Service translation of "Obama rally was secure" is "we got caught."

[williesgirl]

10. Bullshit. Every event should be screened. Call your Senators/Congresspeople on Monday to complain.

rec'd

[Bilbo Heugan]

11. They'd also say they didn't pull their agents away from JFK a minute before he was shot.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/02/more-readers-weigh-in-about-obamas.html

Is this the kind of security they give Chimpy?