Obama Security

Sam Stein

Obama's Speech By The Words: Low On Democracy, Heavy On Security

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

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President Obama's speech at West Point on Tuesday night, in which he announced the addition of U.S. 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, was more about broad...

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Sam Stein

McCain: "Too Early" To Conclude Whether Obama Has Made Us Less Safe

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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In what was billed as the first ever "twitter-view" - an interview over twitter - Sen. John McCain said it was "too early" to conclude, as former Vice...

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A Team of Zombies, and Zombies Defending Zombies

David Sirota | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

Obama's national security team includes not a single opponent of the Iraq War. It is chock full of Bush administration political appointees who are -- somehow -- being held over.

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Obama's Security Alarms Some VIP Donors

washingtonpost.com | Aaron C. Davis | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Downtown Washington resembled a militarized zone last week for the inauguration of President Barack Obama, but some major contributors who had direct ...

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Secret Service Scrambled To Protect Obama In Blackout

Time | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

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What happens when the President-Elect is vacationing in your state and suddenly a major electrical outage occurs? Apart from the embarrassment, there'...

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Obama Security Swarms The Loop

Chicago Tribune | Robert Mitchum | Posted 12.19.2008 | Chicago

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The president-elect's security force was an unavoidable presence in the Loop on Monday morning as Barack Obama met with John McCain in Chicago's Klucz...

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Obama's Barber Makes House Call

AP | Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Apparently when you're the president-elect, the barber makes house calls. As a White House candidate, Barack Obama traveled each week...

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Over One Million May Attend Obama Rally: Daley

Posted 11.28.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE Requiring tickets for the election night rally serves an important purpose beyond crowd control, Lynn Sweet notes: The Obama campaign [......

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Obama Paying For Election Night Rally

Posted 11.22.2008 | Chicago

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UPDATE 10/28 The City of Chicago has retained security consultant Neil Sullivan to aid with the Obama rally planning at a rate of $100-an-hour with...

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Obama Nearly Endorsed By Chicago Police Superintendent

Posted 11.17.2008 | Chicago

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Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis appeared to endorse Barack Obama during an interview with ABC 7 earlier this week. In a story about the dema...

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Does A Historical Candidate Warrant Historical Security?

Tony Martin | Posted 09.26.2008 | Home

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Tony Martin

A plot could be hatched by persons far more sophisticated and dangerous than the goons caught in Denver this week. is there a need for a more deliberate and organized community response at the national level?

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Obama Assassination Threat Leads To Imprisonment Of Florida Man

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home

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MIAMI — A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges h...

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Attack Outside Obama's Jerusalem Hotel

McClatchy | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Hours before Sen. Barack Obama was scheduled to arrive in Jerusalem, a Palestinian construction worker went on a rampage outside the hotel where he is...

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Officer Injured Guarding Obama

AP | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A local police officer involved in a motorcycle crash got a consolation prize Thursday _ a chance to meet Barack Obama...

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Hillary, O.J. and R.F.K.

Keli Goff | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Keli Goff

Like the O.J. Simpson verdict, Assassination-gate appeared to unveil two different vantage points from which to view American justice.

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Hillary Clinton's Passport File Breached Also, According To Rice

CNN | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told Sen. Hillary Clinton, a Democratic candidate for president, that her passport file was breached in 2007, ...

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Barack Obama Passport Breach Likely Runs Afoul Of The Privacy Act of 1974

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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M.S. Bellows, Jr.

On three separate occasions, dating back to January, employees of contractors working for the State Department accessed -- and did God knows what with...

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Obama, Clinton And McCain's Passports Breached: Two State Dept Officials Fired, Investigation Underway

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY and DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — At least four State Department workers pried into the supposedly secure passport files of presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Cl...

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Hillary Clinton: Obama "Missing In Action" During Key Security Decisions

CNN | Peter Hamby | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton attempted to raise the stakes of the upcoming March 4 primaries Friday by forcefully calling into question Barack Obama's qualificatio...

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As Obama Security Rises, Lapses Remain

ABC News | Mattew Jaffe | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Last May, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was issued a full-time Secret Service detail, an unusual event so early in the election season, but one that refl...

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Obama Asked About Security Concerns: 'Do You Find Yourself Looking For That Face In The Crowd?'

NBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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From Brian Williams' NBC News interview with Barack Obama: BRIAN WILLIAMS: So many discussions of you come back around to the ugly topic of personal ...

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