The ATF foiled two neo-Nazi skinheads plans to assassinate Barack Obama.
21 year old Daniel Cowart and 18 year old Paul Schlesselman planned on going on a cross country killing spree, targeting African Americans, that would end with their final target, Senator Obama.
The two men, who met online through a mutual friend, planned to rob a gun store in Tennessee, kill 88 kids at a predominately African-American High School, decapitate 14 more African-Americans, go on a cross country killing spree and then assassinate Obama.
The numbers 88 and 14 are symbolic to white supremacist. The number 14 represents 14 words written by the founding member of the white nationalist group, “The Order:” We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children.
The slogan that inspired that statement was 88 words long saying,
What we must fight for is to safeguard the existence and reproduction of our race and our people, the sustenance of our children and the purity of our blood, the freedom and the independence of the fatherland, so that our people may mature for the fulfillment of the mission allotted it by the creator of the universe. Every thought and every idea, every doctrine and all knowledge, must serve this purpose. And everything must be examined from this point of view and used or rejected according to its utility.
The meaning of 88 can also be interperted as the 8th letter of the alphabet being H meaning HH for Heil Hitler or for the book 88 Prespects by David Lane.
Obama has had Secret Service protection from very early in his campaign because of concern’s for his safety; sadly, the concerns arise due to the color of his skin (you’d think we were past this kind of thinking in this day & age). If he wins the November 4th election, he’ll be the first black president in U.S. history and skinheads, like the two plotters in this scheme, do not want to see that happen.
“The U.S. Secret Service takes all threats against presidential candidates seriously and is actively investigating the allegations,” says Richard Harlow, special agent in charge of the Memphis Field Office.