From the Rocky Mountain News:
Authorities are investigating a possible threat against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Aurora police arrested a longtime drug user Sunday afternoon during a routine traffic stop where the man was seen "weaving," sources said. Two possible other accomplices also were arrested, according to police.
Police found four guns, including two rifles and two handguns, in a rented pickup.
Pretty horrible, but also pretty early to know what to make of this. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Apparently the man had some trappings of white supremacists and one of them made statements about Obama, but as the Associated Press notes:
"It's premature to say that it was a valid threat or that these folks have the ability to carry it out," said a U.S. government official familiar with the investigation. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.
Law enforcement in Denver is in the process of finding out if the reported threats to Obama were valid. "It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth heads," the official said.
Hillary Supporter.— Col. Nathan R. Jessep- Will is still jealous that he is not at the convention.— shoeshineboy
- Talk about jumping to conclusions...— SteveMG
- Weaving!?!? Teddy seemed harried when he arrived at The Pepsi Center earlier. Hmmm.— A Friend
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- I don't want the guy to be President, but I certainly don't want anything like that to happen. I'm sure the Secret Service is all over this.— Echo
If this was a suspected terror plot, Will would be ranting about how it's a phony deal, trumped up by Bush, to take attention from the Democratic Convention.— jmc
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