An internal congressional report questioning the ability of the Secret Service to continue fulfilling its duties was leaked to the Boston Globe. The report says the Secret Service is strained by a drastic increase in threats to President Obama, coupled with deep budget cuts.
Ronald Kessler, the author of a recently released book on the Secret Service's protection of U.S. presidents, recently said that
threats against President Obama are up 400 percent from the number of threats levied against former President George W. Bush,
The Southern Poverty Law Center says that the U.S. has seen a 35 percent rise in hate groups in recent years,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20091021/ts_ynews/ynews_ts950I hope he's safe. Still can't believe some guy brought a gun to one of his speeches. Crazy.