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Secret Service probing Facebook poll that asks if Obama should be killed | The US Secret Service is investigating a poll posted on the social networking site Facebook that asks if President Barack Obama should be assassinated.
The Huffington Post has a screen shot of the poll. It asks, "Should Obama be killed?"
The possible answers are "yes," "maybe," "If he cuts my health care" and "no."
"We are aware of it and we will take the appropriate investigative steps," the
Associated Press quoted Secret Service agent Darrin Blackford, as saying. At least
730 people took part in the user-generated poll before Facebook removed it upon
officials learning of its existence. Results of the survey were not available
because the application was disabled. The company said the person who created
the poll has been suspended from using the site. "The third-party application
that enabled an individual user to create the offensive poll was brought to our
attention this morning," said Barry Schnitt, Director of Policy Communications
for Facebook. "The application was immediately suspended while the inappropriate
content could be removed by the developer and until such time as the developer
institutes better procedures to monitor their user-generated content. We're working
with the US Secret Service but they'll need to provide any details of their investigation,"
he added. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan confirmed to CBS News that the Secret
Service and Facebook are working together on the issue. |
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