Norah O'Donnell just said there had been an arrest re: Facebook Poll

[BR_Parkway]

Anyone else hear anything about this?

[MineralMan]

1. Nothing. I wonder who it might have been...

[BR_Parkway]

9. She was talking about the level of anger/hate and wasn't reporting about

the poll - she sort of threw it out there as an example and said that she understood there'd been an arrest - which was the part that caught my attention - and then kept talking to the guest about her general topic. I did a quick Google search and didn't find anything so I thought I'd toss it out here. She may have been mistaken, but I didn't hear any follow up to it either way

[gateley]

2. Was that the kid they didn't charge? -- Or maybe one of the respondents? nt

[merh]

3. This article states that it was a juvenile that posted the poll

and no arrests were made and the case is closed.

A Facebook poll that questioned whether or not President Obama should be killed was the work of a juvenile, and no charges will be filed, according to the Secret Service.

"Case closed," Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan told the AP. "I guess you could characterize it as a mistake."

In late September, a blog called The Political Carnival posted a screen grab of a poll that asked "Should Obama be killed?" The choices were: yes, maybe, if he cuts my health care, and no. At the time, 387 people had voted in the poll.

The blog and several others reported the incident to Facebook, which promptly removed the poll, and to the Secret Service, which opened an investigation.

http://www.appscout.com/2009/10/secret_service_juvenile_respon.php

[WeDidIt]

4. Maybe they did investigate the "Yes" voters? n/t

[kestrel91316]

5. My guess is, posting the poll was not considered a crime, but

responding to it in the affirmative is??

I sure hope so. Arrest every goddamn one of the people who answered YES.

[Maru Kitteh]

6. It was a little kid apparently

Child was Behind Facebook Poll on Killing Obama

Posted by Brian Montopoli
(AP / CBS)
Updated 12:24 p.m. ET

When a poll was posted to the popular social networking site Facebook asking if President Obama should be killed, the Secret Service launched an investigation.

Today they announced the results: Turns out a kid was behind the poll. And no criminal charges will be filed against him or his parents, according to the Associated Press, citing a Secret Service spokesman.

The poll, posted to the site over the weekend, asked, "should obama be killed?" The possible answers were "yes," "maybe," "if he cuts my health care" and "no."

At least 730 people took the user-generated poll before it was removed by Facebook. Results were not available because the third-party application used to post the poll was disabled.

Facebook said at the time that the person behind the poll had been banned from using the service.

Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan did not identify the child who posted the poll or release his or her age. He said agents had determined that he or she was not a threat to the president.


http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/01/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5355792.shtml

[RaleighNCDUer]

7. It doesn't say 'little kid' anywhere.

A 'kid' could be a 17 year old college kid in the Young Republicans (though, admittedly, any kid smart enough to get into college at 17 is probably too smart for the Young Republicans, but you know what I'm saying).

[Turbineguy]

8. What?

They are not going to throw the person in a concentration camp?

The wingnuts will be so disappointed.