Breaking: Assassination Plot Against Obama Thwarted

The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) has disrupted a plot by skinheads to assassinated Sen. Barack Obama and murder more than a hundred African Americans in a Tennessee murder spree. It's chilling stuff, and I'm glad that the BATF was able to disrupt the plot.

Two men appear to be involved:

In court records unsealed Monday, agents said they disrupted plans to rob a gun store and target an unnamed but predominantly African-American high school by two neo-Nazi skinheads.

This is a developing situation and it remains to be seen how the plot was discovered and investigated.

UPDATE:
Here's a copy of the indictment against Daniel Cowart, 20, and Paul Schlesselman, 18. They began discussing the murder plot after meeting online about a month ago. Their ultimate intention was the assassination of Obama and to kill 88 African Americans and behead another 14 African Americans. Both numbers are significant in the skinhead/neo-Nazi movement; 88 refers to Heil Hitler as H is the eighth letter in the alphabet and 14 refers to the following phrase: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children"

The charges against these two include the possession of an unregistered firearm, conspiracy to steal firearms, and threats against a major candidate for the Office of President. I'd expect to see the charges fleshed out further as more information becomes available.

Both men are being held without bond. BATF agents seized a rifle, sawed off shotgun, three pistols, and the men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal additional weapons.