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FBI looks into Denver reports of threat on Obama
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-26 15:02 Dudley didn't say what tied the men together but that more arrests were possible. One of the rifles was stolen, and authorities had traced it to Kansas, Dudley said. He declined to say to whom it belonged. Aurora police alerted federal officials because of heightened security surrounding the Democratic convention, Dudley said. "Clearly we found there are federal implications, otherwise we would not have notified them," he said. "The weapons clearly would cause great concern." US Attorney Troy Eid said the case was under investigation. "We're absolutely confident there is no credible threat to the candidate, the Democratic National Convention, or the people of Colorado," Eid said in a statement. Officials with the FBI, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Aurora police set a news conference for Tuesday afternoon. Law enforcers in Denver are trying to find out whether the reported threats to Obama were valid. "It could also turn out that these were nothing but a bunch of knuckleheads, meth-heads," the US government official said. |
