On AlterNet: death threats

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U.S. Secret Service Investigating Facebook Poll Asking "Should Obama Be Killed?"

Amanda Terkel, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 29, 2009.

"We take these things seriously."

Obama Victory Brings "Racist Rats Out of the Woodwork"

Hannah Strange, The Times of London UK. November 18, 2008.

A disturbing wave of post-election hate crimes across the country shows that the cancer of American racism is far from cured.

Secret Service Responds to Charges of Lax Gun Checks at Obama Rally in Dallas

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. February 23, 2008.

Of course this doesn't address all of the stories about other venues where little or no screening occurred.

Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists Publish Ominous Threats to Obama's Life

Mark Potok, SPLC's Hate Watch AlterNet: PEEK. February 22, 2008.

The most heated anti-Obama talk appears to be on Internet sites that allow people to post messages anonymously.

Why Are News Outlets Printing Palin Camp \"Death Threat\" Claims Without Evidence?

Nancy Goldstein, December 31, 1969.