"poll was created Monday on Facebook asking whether the creator of the “Should Obama be Killed Poll’ be arrested.
The latest poll comes hours after the Secret Service asked Facebook to remove a “third-party” poll asking whether the president should be assassinated. The answers included “yes,” “maybe,” “if he cuts my health care” and “no.”
More than 700 respondents took the survey before the Palo Alto, California-based Facebook removed it on Monday. Secret Service investigators were working to find out who created the survey. Threats against the president carry up to five years in prison.
Poll results were not available."
cited:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/secret-service-probing-obama-facebook-threat/
This is very disturbing...and sad..
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Wow! This is the first time I am hearing about this! Thanks for posting it! Threats like these are serious! Even if it is just a poll, that isn't something that should even be asked!
ReplyDeleteYour welcome. I heard about it in another on of my classes and decided to search it...and to my suprise I FOUND THIS ARTICLE.. !
ReplyDeleteI was VERY shocked. I feel this would be UNACCPTABLE if done durring any other president's term .. but now a days its just another "news hit story" .