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In reply to the discussion: Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the '08 Republican Convention as a Page [View all]Big_Mike
(509 posts)43. This is not an ARMY plot - it is about the plot of 4 losers
What everyone must stop and think about is that this is four people out of 2.3 million service members. It is as generic as stating that blondes were planning to assassinate the President.
The military has been very, very good at tossing out extremists. Also, please note that the two dilwads pictured are being tried by local officials, not by courts-martial.
Also, their political beliefs are not mentioned, as the final graph in the OP states. After the ruckus with identifying Lochner from AZ and Holmes from CO as right wing was incorrect, let's wait see what exactly falls out.
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Leader of Army Plot to Assassinate Obama Apparently Attended the '08 Republican Convention as a Page [View all]
kpete
Aug 2012
OP
Correction. 15 is the minimum age for at least some GOP state conventions. National convention
highplainsdem
Aug 2012
#12
He could be 15 or 16. Is Aguigui still 19, not 20? He was identified as 19 in
highplainsdem
Aug 2012
#19
Isn't image on left Roark, who he admits to kiiling with his girlfriend, downthread article?
freshwest
Aug 2012
#15
No. Neither image is of Roark. Both are of Aguigui. The left image is his mugshot. The right is..
Raster
Aug 2012
#20
yeah, the story was confusing. And yes, the eyes in the mugshot look dark, black. I have....
Raster
Aug 2012
#30
I hope they can convict him of the murder his wife (and child) for that half million. And I have...
freshwest
Aug 2012
#31
See my reply #22 below. His father confirmed the RNC-page story, speaking to a KING-TV reporter.
highplainsdem
Aug 2012
#33
Yes, you found it... And financed by the death of his pregnant woman... Allegedly.
freshwest
Aug 2012
#13
KING-TV, Seattle, reporter confirms Pvt. Aguigui was a page at 2008 convention
highplainsdem
Aug 2012
#22
More about him and his family background, from the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch site:
highplainsdem
Aug 2012
#27