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Secret Service Blocking Reporters At Palin Rallies: Milbank

The Huffington Post
| Rachel Weiner
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October 16, 2008 04:05 PM

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Via Romenesko, the Washington Post's Dana Milbank reveals in an online chat that the Secret Service is stopping people reporters from interviewing people at Palin rallies:

<blockquote>Arlington, Va.: The Secret Service has now labeled the
"kill him" report as unfounded. Why isn't The Post giving this report
as much coverage as the original false report received?

Dana Milbank:

Glad you asked, because I saw this earlier. This is actually about
the incident in Scranton, not the one in Clearwater, Fla, that I wrote
about here.

I wasn't at the Scranton event, but I have to say the Secret Service
is in dangerous territory here. In cooperation with the Palin campaign,
they've started preventing reporters from leaving the press section to
interview people in the crowd. This is a serious violation of their
duty -- protecting the protectee -- and gets into assisting with the
political aspirations of the candidate. It also often makes it
impossible for reporters to get into the crowd to question the people
who say vulgar things. So they prevent reporters from getting near the
people doing the shouting, then claim it's unfounded because the
reporters can't get close enough to identify the person. </blockquote>

Posted: October 16
Updated: Today at 11:39 AM

Feds probe comment at Palin rally

Scranton reporter heard someone yell ‘kill him’ when Obama’s name mentioned.
By Andrew M. Seder aseder@timesleader.com
Staff Writer


SCRANTON
– The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton
said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential
hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin
rally are unfounded.



Sarah Palin speaks at the Riverfront Complex in Scranton. AIMEE DILGER Photos/The Times Leader 10/14/2008

Aimee Dilger

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• Secret Service says "Kill him" allegation unfounded
  

The
Scranton Times-Tribune reported the alleged incident on its Web site
Tuesday and in its print edition Wednesday. The story, written by
reporter David Singleton, included allegations that a man in the
audience shouted “kill him” while congressional candidate Chris Hackett
was addressing the crowd and mentioned Obama’s name. News organizations
including ABC and MSNBC’s “Countdown with Keith Olbermann,” as well as
several Internet blogs, repeated the claim, with most attributing the
allegations to The Times-Tribune.
Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience along with an
undisclosed number of Secret Service agents and not one heard the
comment.
“I was baffled,” he said after reading the report.
He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, and could
not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.

Slavoski said more than 20 non-security agents were interviewed
Wednesday, all of whom were at the Republican vice presidential
candidate’s rally at the Riverfront Sports Complex.
“We have yet to find someone to back up the story,” Slavoski said.
“We had people all over and we have yet to find anyone who said they
heard it.”
Hackett said he did not hear the remark.
Slavoski said Singleton was interviewed Wednesday and stood by his
story but couldn’t give a description of the man because he said he
didn’t see him, he only heard him.
Singleton referred questions to Times-Tribune Metro Editor Jeff
Sonderman who said: “We stand by the story. The facts reported are true
and that’s really all there is.”
Slavoski said the agents take such threats or comments seriously
and immediately opened an investigation, but after due diligence “as
far as we’re concerned, it’s closed unless someone comes forward.” He
urged anyone with knowledge of the alleged incident to call him at
346-5781.


Andrew M. Seder, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 570-829-7269.

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that youtoob ain't all that reliable is it.

The Crystal Cave of Giants

Wed, Oct 15, 2008



by Javier Trueba / Madrid Scientific Films
Geologist Juan Manuel García-Ruiz calls it, ‘The Sistine Chapel of
Crystals.’ The Naica Mine of Chihuahua, Mexico, otherwise known as
Cueva de los Cristales (Cave of Crystals), is home to some of the
world’s largest crystals. Measuring a whopping 40 ft and weighing 55
tons, the enormous crystals were discovered in 2000 by a local mining
company searching for lead, zinc and silver below the surface of the
Chihuahuan Desert. After pumping water from the cave in search for the
precious metals, the amazing crystal formations were discovered
instead, one thousand feet down.

Image: Dinorider
It is believed the crystals reached their colossal size due to the
mineral-rich water in which they were submerged. The constant steamy
temperature of 135 degrees Fahrenheit (a whopping 57 degrees
centigrade) has allowed the massive gypsum crystals to take shape. Not
great news for the mining party set to explore the depths of the cave
further. Although the cave is protected by law, and regular caving has
been banned since the mine closed down, new plans are afoot to allow
scientists in to investigate the delicate crystal structures more
closely. Along with a professional camera crew, the explorers are set
to record images of these magnificent crystals for the very first time.

http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/crystal-cave-giants/2706