Secret Service arrives in Australia to protect Obama

[IScreamSundays]

Source: Big News Network

Due to threats received from the Australian region on the life of US president, Barack Obama, US Secret Service details have been sent to the country to investigate prior to the President's visit in June.

The agents have been embedded in Sydney and Canberra, where they will carry out an assessment on safety and the possibility of jihadist attacks by Islamist Indonesians, who have made threats in journals found by Indonesian police.

In the journals, there were suggestions that militants had already planned an attack on Mr Obama, possibly during his visit to Indonesia.

In Australia, which is geographically close to Indonesia, the Secret Service agents will study the presidential motorcade route and decide whether snipers should be placed at vulnerable points.

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[Captain Hilts]

1. Secret Service ALWAYS does this. They scoped a hotel where my brother in law worked

six months before a president spoke there. SIX MONTHS.

I'm glad they're still that careful. Especially with Indonesia close by.

[Submariner]

2. And he'll probably stop-over in some exotic place like Hawaii to refuel

This will upset Cokie Roberts who would probably suggest he refuel in Fresno or in mid-air.

[Captain Hilts]

3. So true! Get our Navy out of that foreign country!!!!

We won't want to get stuck with defending it if it is attacked again!

[foxfeet]

6. Ms. Roberts' credibility has sunk so low

she should change her name to Crackie Roberts.

[Arkana]

4. I realize that there is no better-equipped or better-trained group of

bodyguards than the Secret Service, but I still worry about Obama's safety every day.

And I'm just one of the 66 million who voted for him--I can only imagine how his wife and children feel.

[activa8tr]

5. Same here! I worry every time he goes out of the White House, and even

while he's there, with party crashers and common DC nuts around etc.

[RamboLiberal]

7. Same here - I worry both when he travels & domestically

Got threats from both Jihadists & our own RW crackpots.

Just read Death of American Virtue which concerned the investigations of Clinton. Very revealing how the RW didn't give a damn compromising his safety by insisting the Secret Service testify. That part of the book details a couple of plots against Clinton including the right call his head agent detouring his motorcade in the Phillipines last minute when he got wind of chatter about "wedding party". Turns out the bridge the motorcade was to cross had been wired with explosives according to that book.