OCCOM BILL wrote:Tell him what he's won, Bob... That's right... a Brand New FBI File... Possibly including a nifty audit and an all expense paid trip to beautiful Guantanamo Bay Cuba!
T'would truly be a sad state of affairs if merely inquiring about a hypothetical would yield such a punitive result, when, as mentioned, the raison d'etre of the secret service is to protect the President should said hypothetical become a reality.
I repeat, I don't advocate the scenario...but domestic or homegrown terrorism has been a reality in American history and attempts have been made in the past on public figures far more popular than Bush.
There was even a mock dramatization of a Bush assassination a few moths ago if I remember correctly. I am simply inquiring into the liklihood that some nutjob might make a go at it in the next 2 years.