Report: Security relaxed at Obama speech
Report: Security relaxed at Obama speech Feb. 21, 2008
DALLAS, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- The Secret Service told Dallas police to stop screening for weapons while people were still arriving at a campaign rally for Barack Obama, a report said.
Police stopped checking people for weapons at the front gates of Reunion Arena more than an hour before the Democratic presidential hopeful appeared on stage Wednesday, the Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram reported.
Police said the order to stop using metal detectors and checking purses and laptop bags constituted a security lapse, the newspaper reported.
Dallas Deputy Police Chief T.W. Lawrence -- who heads the department's homeland security and special operations divisions -- told the Star-Telegram the order had been intended to speed up seating of the more than 17,000 people who came to hear the candidate speak.
Lawrence said he was concerned about the large number of people being let in without being screened, but that the crowd seemed "friendly," the newspaper said.
Several Dallas police officers -- speaking on condition of anonymity because the order came from federal officers -- told the newspaper it was worrying to see so many people get it without even a cursory inspection.
The Star-Telegram said the Secret Service did not return a call seeking comment.
Source: UPI.com
Regardless of how one feels about Obama, this should send a chill up your spine.
Seems like Obama is making someone or a group of someones very nervous with his recent showings in the primaries.
To permit this lapse of security, in Dallas, TX, no less, where President Kennedy was murdered in 1963, is not acceptable.
Obama's already received death threats, so there was no excuse for this to happen.
Unless someone or a group of someones wants Obama out of the picture, for good.
Wonder what group of people might be getting nervous about Obama winning the 2008 presidential election?
Screening for weapons ahead of a forum like that is a joke to start with. Just like the TSA at airports, it's like putting a steel door on a grass hut.
This article appear's to be an attempt to make him look more important than he is, kind of like the fainting constituency that seem's to follow him around.
It is not that Obama would not be good for Israel. Accoding to the Haaretz Newspaper he has toured the "fence" without drawing any negative conclusions from the experience.
The point is that he is just not good enough for Israel, and besides, he is black, so he must go.
That will teach the other contestants a lesson: They have to perform better for Israel if they care about their lives!