Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service for death threats against Barack Obama

Daily Telegraph by Tim Shipman | Nov. 8, 2008 (News Report)

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. Full Story »

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Nov. 9, 2008

This would be an excellent story if it made clear that death threats were correlated with Sarah Palin's accusations. While they may have been caused by her irresponsible accusations, they have not been proven to be caused by her accusations.

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