http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070503/ap_on_el_pr/obama_secret_service
WASHINGTON - The Secret Service said Thursday that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) was being placed under its protection, the earliest ever for a presidential candidate.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff authorized Obama's protection after consultations with the bipartisan congressional advisory committee, according to Chertoff spokesman Russ Knocke and the Secret Service.
Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren would not provide details of what led to the extra security, but said, "I'm not aware it was based on any threat." According to the Department of Homeland Security, there were no known threats and Obama requested the protection.
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now this alone isnt really that big of a deal. but it comes just one day after this report.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OSE0FO0&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Is MySpace always mine or can it belong to someone else? At the cost of losing 160,000 friends, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign has taken over control of the MySpace page listed under his name on the popular social networking site.
For the past two and a half years, the page has been run by an Obama supporter from Los Angeles named Joe Anthony. At first, that arrangement was fine with the Obama team, which worked with Anthony on the content and even had the password to make changes themselves.
But as the site exploded in popularity in recent months, the campaign became concerned about an outsider having control of the content and responses going out under Obama's name and told Anthony they wanted him to turn it over.
In this new frontier of online campaigning, it's hard to determine the value of 160,000 MySpace friends—about four times what any other official campaign MySpace page has amassed. But the Obama campaign decided they wouldn't pay $39,000, which is what Anthony said he proposed for his extensive work on the site, plus some additional fees up to $10,000.
MySpace reluctantly stepped in to settle the dispute and decided that Obama should have the rights to control http://www.myspace.com/barackobama as of Monday night, while Anthony had the right to take the contact information for all the friends who signed up while he was in control. That includes the right to tell them exactly how he feels about the Obama campaign.
Anthony referred The Associated Press to his MySpace blog, where he has written that he is heartbroken that the Obama campaign was "bullying" him out of the page he built. He said the candidate has lost his vote.
Meanwhile, the Obama campaign is trying to rebuild his friends network from scratch and was up to more than 17,000 by midday Wednesday. "We support the MySpace community, and look forward to building our relationship," said campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...en=8738375F-A57E-4AB4-900496ABAA3F3FF11236719
some further reading of the persons point of view who got a takeover from the obama campaign.
i think the webnuts were so mad about the obama campaign that they started to cause a stir on the web. after many message board, aim chats, and private messages it was decided that they would seek revenge on the people that brought them down, the very same people they were trying to get into power. they felt used and wanted payback
ok, i'm kidding but i thought the obama being given secret service protection would be a funny way to bring attention to his myspace takeover actions.
WASHINGTON - The Secret Service said Thursday that Democratic Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) was being placed under its protection, the earliest ever for a presidential candidate.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff authorized Obama's protection after consultations with the bipartisan congressional advisory committee, according to Chertoff spokesman Russ Knocke and the Secret Service.
Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren would not provide details of what led to the extra security, but said, "I'm not aware it was based on any threat." According to the Department of Homeland Security, there were no known threats and Obama requested the protection.
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now this alone isnt really that big of a deal. but it comes just one day after this report.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OSE0FO0&show_article=1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Is MySpace always mine or can it belong to someone else? At the cost of losing 160,000 friends, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign has taken over control of the MySpace page listed under his name on the popular social networking site.
For the past two and a half years, the page has been run by an Obama supporter from Los Angeles named Joe Anthony. At first, that arrangement was fine with the Obama team, which worked with Anthony on the content and even had the password to make changes themselves.
But as the site exploded in popularity in recent months, the campaign became concerned about an outsider having control of the content and responses going out under Obama's name and told Anthony they wanted him to turn it over.
In this new frontier of online campaigning, it's hard to determine the value of 160,000 MySpace friends—about four times what any other official campaign MySpace page has amassed. But the Obama campaign decided they wouldn't pay $39,000, which is what Anthony said he proposed for his extensive work on the site, plus some additional fees up to $10,000.
MySpace reluctantly stepped in to settle the dispute and decided that Obama should have the rights to control http://www.myspace.com/barackobama as of Monday night, while Anthony had the right to take the contact information for all the friends who signed up while he was in control. That includes the right to tell them exactly how he feels about the Obama campaign.
Anthony referred The Associated Press to his MySpace blog, where he has written that he is heartbroken that the Obama campaign was "bullying" him out of the page he built. He said the candidate has lost his vote.
Meanwhile, the Obama campaign is trying to rebuild his friends network from scratch and was up to more than 17,000 by midday Wednesday. "We support the MySpace community, and look forward to building our relationship," said campaign spokesman Bill Burton.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...en=8738375F-A57E-4AB4-900496ABAA3F3FF11236719
some further reading of the persons point of view who got a takeover from the obama campaign.
i think the webnuts were so mad about the obama campaign that they started to cause a stir on the web. after many message board, aim chats, and private messages it was decided that they would seek revenge on the people that brought them down, the very same people they were trying to get into power. they felt used and wanted payback
ok, i'm kidding but i thought the obama being given secret service protection would be a funny way to bring attention to his myspace takeover actions.
