Secret Service probing Facebook "assassination" poll on Obama

CocoaBeachCoco

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:04 PM
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Secret Service probing Facebook "assassination" poll on Obama

Edited on Mon Sep-28-09 05:05 PM by CocoaBeachCoco

High time this idiocy is shut down!

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

The poll, posted Saturday on Facebook, was taken off the popular social networking site quickly after company officials were alerted to its existence. But, like any threat against the president, Secret Service agents are taking no chances.

"We are aware of it and we will take the appropriate investigative steps," said Darrin Blackford, a Secret Service spokesman. "We take of these things seriously."

The poll asked respondents "Should Obama be killed?" The choices: No, Maybe, Yes, and Yes if he cuts my health care.

The question was not created by Facebook, but by an independent person using an add-on application that has been suspended from the site.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/28/secret_service_probing_facebook_poll_on_obama/

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armyowalgreens

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:05 PM
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1. I answered no and reported it.

I hope answering no won't still get me in trouble.

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RandySF

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:06 PM
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2. Facebook is wrong.

The poll was still up until the Secret Service contacted them and asked them to take it down.

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bluestateguy

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:09 PM
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3. What's odd is that one of Facebook's founders helped craft the Obama campaign website

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ScreamingMeemie

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Mon Sep-28-09 06:28 PM
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8. Bingo....

Several people alerted on the poll yesterday evening.

Facebook didn't do diddly squat until the Secret Service told them to. Any publicity is publicity for them.

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OregonBlue

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:25 PM
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4. I hope they are planning to probe everyone who answered YES. I also voted no and notified the FBI.

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ThatsMyBarack

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:40 PM
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5. Facebook polls suck!

Edited on Mon Sep-28-09 05:41 PM by ThatsMyBarack

Freepers are always stuffing the ballot boxes against our president.

Hope that makes sense....

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berni_mccoy

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:41 PM
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6. Some Freepers are shitting their pants right now.

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pipi_k

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Mon Sep-28-09 05:55 PM
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7. I certainly hope so...

I hope they're shitting their pants just like they would if they've chugged down five gallons of prune juice in one day.

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