YourDearLeader
2011-11-26 15:31:45 UTC
GUN-NUTS STICK TOGETHER ...
"There are good reasons to believe that others knew or had reason to
suspect that when Ortega-Hernandez left his home in Idaho, he was up
to no good with respect to the president of the United States."
"No snitchin' now -- or else!"
=================
"The dangerous silence surrounding the accused White House shooter"
Op-Ed
By Colbert I. King
November 25, 2011
WHEN Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez allegedly fired an assault rifle at
the White House on Nov. 11, he had no chance of killing President
Obama, who was not in the nation’s capital. It is, however, the
thought that counts.
Shootings at the White House are rare, so this most recent incident,
and the circumstances surrounding it, tend to concentrate the mind
wonderfully. There are good reasons to believe that others knew or had
reason to suspect that when Ortega-Hernandez left his home in Idaho,
he was up to no good with respect to the president of the United
States.
Ortega-Hernandez, who was arrested Nov. 16 and charged the next day
with attempting to assassinate the president, apparently was so
obsessed with hatred for Barack Obama that he drove across the country
for a chance to act on his contempt. That’s the conclusion to be drawn
from the federal arrest warrant and criminal complaint filed against
him in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
He’s now slated to undergo a psychological evaluation before his next
court hearing, which is scheduled for Monday.
Beyond the question of motive is the issue of means.
How did this 21-year-old, who was reportedly on two years’ probation
for resisting arrest and obstructing justice stemming from an arrest
for possession of drug paraphernalia, get his hands on a Romanian
semiautomatic assault rifle with a large scope mounted on it, as the
complaint says? Or on the three magazines loaded with 7.62 x 39 mm
cartridges, or the several boxes of similar cartridges that federal
agents say they found in his car?
Even more intriguing is why Ortega-Hernandez was not brought to the
attention of authorities when, as the federal complaint asserts, three
witnesses in Idaho knew of his intent to harm the president. Knowing
that Ortega-Hernandez had both a motive and the means to endanger the
nation’s chief executive, why did they apparently hold their tongues?
The federal complaint sheds light on what they knew.
After the shooting, federal agents interviewed three individuals in
Idaho. One, identified in the complaint as “W-4,” said he knew Ortega-
Hernandez well.
According to the complaint, W-4 said Ortega-Hernandez had
“increasingly become more agitated” against Washington and was
“convinced that the federal government is conspiring against him.” W-4
told the agents that Ortega-Hernandez wanted to “hurt” the president
and said that Ortega-Hernandez referred to Obama as “the anti-Christ.”
W-4 also told the federal agents that Ortega-Hernandez owned a gun
that he kept in his room. W-4 said that after Ortega-Hernandez left
Idaho, W-4 looked in Ortega-Hernandez’s room for the gun and did not
find it. In other words, W-4 knew that Ortega-Hernandez wanted to hurt
Obama and that he had left town, probably with a weapon, yet W-4 seems
to have done nothing.
Also according to the complaint, another Idaho resident, identified as
“W-6,” advised agents that in the past several months, Ortega-
Hernandez had told W-4 that he, Ortega-Hernandez, “needed to kill him
[Obama]” Despite hearing that threat against Obama, W-6 also
apparently stayed mum.
Next comes Idaho witness “W-7,” who the complaint says has known
Ortega-Hernandez for more than six years.
W-7 said that he or she knew Ortega-Hernandez owned an “AK-47 like
gun” with a “scope like thing” on its top. W-7 disclosed that over the
past year, “Ortega-Hernandez’s opinion and comments regarding the
government and Obama have gotten worse” and that the suspect “was very
specific that Obama was the problem with the government.”
W-7 told authorities that he or she knew Ortega-Hernandez was
“preparing for something” and that Ortega-Hernandez believed Obama was
“the devil.” W-7 said that Ortega-Hernandez “will not stop until it’s
done,” noting that he had said that Obama “needed to be taken care
of.” That notwithstanding, it seems, W-7 kept quiet.
What’s that saying — If you see something, say something? Oh yeah,
that applies to more than foreign terrorists.
Why didn’t the three Idaho witnesses try to stop Ortega-Hernandez? Why
didn’t they tell the authorities what they knew?
If this case runs its course through the courts, Ortega-Hernandez may
well be found mentally ill and taken off the streets, ostensibly for
treatment.
But what about those who knew or suspected he was up to something yet
did nothing? Could it be that they didn’t care? Did they share Ortega-
Hernandez’s toxic views of Washington and Obama? We need answers.
How many others hear expressions of hatred and ill wishes for the
president, yet aren’t the least bit bothered?
How many would look the other way if they thought the target was
Barack Obama?
How many others like Ortega-Hernandez . . . and his Idaho
enablers . . . are out there?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-dangerous-silence-surrounding-the-accused-white-house-shooter/2011/11/25/gIQArBp6wN_story.html
"There are good reasons to believe that others knew or had reason to
suspect that when Ortega-Hernandez left his home in Idaho, he was up
to no good with respect to the president of the United States."
"No snitchin' now -- or else!"
=================
"The dangerous silence surrounding the accused White House shooter"
Op-Ed
By Colbert I. King
November 25, 2011
WHEN Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez allegedly fired an assault rifle at
the White House on Nov. 11, he had no chance of killing President
Obama, who was not in the nation’s capital. It is, however, the
thought that counts.
Shootings at the White House are rare, so this most recent incident,
and the circumstances surrounding it, tend to concentrate the mind
wonderfully. There are good reasons to believe that others knew or had
reason to suspect that when Ortega-Hernandez left his home in Idaho,
he was up to no good with respect to the president of the United
States.
Ortega-Hernandez, who was arrested Nov. 16 and charged the next day
with attempting to assassinate the president, apparently was so
obsessed with hatred for Barack Obama that he drove across the country
for a chance to act on his contempt. That’s the conclusion to be drawn
from the federal arrest warrant and criminal complaint filed against
him in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
He’s now slated to undergo a psychological evaluation before his next
court hearing, which is scheduled for Monday.
Beyond the question of motive is the issue of means.
How did this 21-year-old, who was reportedly on two years’ probation
for resisting arrest and obstructing justice stemming from an arrest
for possession of drug paraphernalia, get his hands on a Romanian
semiautomatic assault rifle with a large scope mounted on it, as the
complaint says? Or on the three magazines loaded with 7.62 x 39 mm
cartridges, or the several boxes of similar cartridges that federal
agents say they found in his car?
Even more intriguing is why Ortega-Hernandez was not brought to the
attention of authorities when, as the federal complaint asserts, three
witnesses in Idaho knew of his intent to harm the president. Knowing
that Ortega-Hernandez had both a motive and the means to endanger the
nation’s chief executive, why did they apparently hold their tongues?
The federal complaint sheds light on what they knew.
After the shooting, federal agents interviewed three individuals in
Idaho. One, identified in the complaint as “W-4,” said he knew Ortega-
Hernandez well.
According to the complaint, W-4 said Ortega-Hernandez had
“increasingly become more agitated” against Washington and was
“convinced that the federal government is conspiring against him.” W-4
told the agents that Ortega-Hernandez wanted to “hurt” the president
and said that Ortega-Hernandez referred to Obama as “the anti-Christ.”
W-4 also told the federal agents that Ortega-Hernandez owned a gun
that he kept in his room. W-4 said that after Ortega-Hernandez left
Idaho, W-4 looked in Ortega-Hernandez’s room for the gun and did not
find it. In other words, W-4 knew that Ortega-Hernandez wanted to hurt
Obama and that he had left town, probably with a weapon, yet W-4 seems
to have done nothing.
Also according to the complaint, another Idaho resident, identified as
“W-6,” advised agents that in the past several months, Ortega-
Hernandez had told W-4 that he, Ortega-Hernandez, “needed to kill him
[Obama]” Despite hearing that threat against Obama, W-6 also
apparently stayed mum.
Next comes Idaho witness “W-7,” who the complaint says has known
Ortega-Hernandez for more than six years.
W-7 said that he or she knew Ortega-Hernandez owned an “AK-47 like
gun” with a “scope like thing” on its top. W-7 disclosed that over the
past year, “Ortega-Hernandez’s opinion and comments regarding the
government and Obama have gotten worse” and that the suspect “was very
specific that Obama was the problem with the government.”
W-7 told authorities that he or she knew Ortega-Hernandez was
“preparing for something” and that Ortega-Hernandez believed Obama was
“the devil.” W-7 said that Ortega-Hernandez “will not stop until it’s
done,” noting that he had said that Obama “needed to be taken care
of.” That notwithstanding, it seems, W-7 kept quiet.
What’s that saying — If you see something, say something? Oh yeah,
that applies to more than foreign terrorists.
Why didn’t the three Idaho witnesses try to stop Ortega-Hernandez? Why
didn’t they tell the authorities what they knew?
If this case runs its course through the courts, Ortega-Hernandez may
well be found mentally ill and taken off the streets, ostensibly for
treatment.
But what about those who knew or suspected he was up to something yet
did nothing? Could it be that they didn’t care? Did they share Ortega-
Hernandez’s toxic views of Washington and Obama? We need answers.
How many others hear expressions of hatred and ill wishes for the
president, yet aren’t the least bit bothered?
How many would look the other way if they thought the target was
Barack Obama?
How many others like Ortega-Hernandez . . . and his Idaho
enablers . . . are out there?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-dangerous-silence-surrounding-the-accused-white-house-shooter/2011/11/25/gIQArBp6wN_story.html