MR. President's Acceptance Speech Behind Bulletproof Glass/ Security Increases
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Fears grow for Barack Obama's security
When Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech behind a thick screen of bulletproof glass it was a sign of the huge security operation which will surround the new President Elect.
Fears are growing that Mr Obama, who will become America's first black president following his inauguration next year, will be the subject of an assassination attempt.
The secret service is reported to have already investigated more than 500 death threats against Mr Obama during the presidential election contest. Last month, two neo-Nazi skinheads were arrested for conspiring to assassinate Mr Obama.
He is expected to be protected by a secret service detail with hundreds of close-protection agents. Over the past few weeks, the US government has also begun secretly testing a new ultra-secure presidential limousine able to withstand most bomb blasts and terror attacks. Details of his movements will be a closely guarded secret for all but his most senior aides.
The scale of US presidential security is already on a different scale to that for British Prime Ministers with huge motorcades accompanying US presidents when they leave the White House.
Mr Obama received full secret service protection in May 2007, much earlier than most presidential candidates. His secret service codename is "renegade".
His wife, Michelle, is said to be particularly concerned about the threats that he now faces. However, Mr Obama previously said: "It's not something that I'm spending time thinking about day to day. I think anybody who decides to run for president recognises that there are some risks involved."
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MeganMcKenzie
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Everyone has a responsibility when they encourage hate and fear. n McCain, Palin, GOP, and all their right wing hate groups.
We are each responsible for our own actions. We know he will need protection more from within our borders than from without. How disgusting is that.
My anger with McCain et al is they fostered and fed on the hate as a way of energizing their "base." That sentence says it all as far as I am concerned.
I want no part of politics that feed on hate, division, racial or gender bias.
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MeganMcKenzie
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wlwatkins
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I do not feel that Palin should be blamed near as much the candidate that placed her in a position that consumed her from the start. McCain knew she was unable to even give media interviews without problems.
Why does this man never receive blame? It was McCain that prevented our knowing more in debates on our problems would could be solved. His bashing that set the stage of lies and mud slinging.
Give her a break and let her whallow in her shame and blame the man that caused the problems.
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wlwatkins
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The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of "palling around with terrorists", citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers.
The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.
But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.
The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks.
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