The CIA cleared Nosenko in 1969, but many in the Agency have bitterly disagreed with this assessment, pointing out inconsistencies in Nosenko's story. Detractors include Tennant Bagley, who supervised the Nosenko case and recently wrote Spy Wars, largely about the Nosenko affair.

Authorities Dismiss Obama Threat

August 27, 2008:Authorities dismissed the threat posed to Presidential candidate Barack Obama by men arrested Sunday after one of them, Tharin Gartrell, was stopped carrying two scoped rifles, two wigs, camouflage clothing, a bulletproof vest and two walkie-talkies in his truck. Another man subsequently arrested, Nathan Johnson, told police that a third man, Robert Adolf, discussed shooting Obama during his August 28 nomination acceptance speech, which happens to be on the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.

Describing the groupas "meth heads," officials dismissed the plot; one said "The capability and their opportunity and what they had for their weaponry — I don't see that they would have been able to carry it out." U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said the alleged plot was "more aspirational, perhaps, than operational."

Those versed in the details of the JFK or other assassinations may find little comfort in this statement included in the Chicago Tribune: "Homeland Security officials say the biggest domestic terrorism threat to the presidential conventions would be a 'lone wolf' — someone who sympathizes with white supremacists and is inspired by racist beliefs, according to an Aug. 22 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press." The lack of seriousness afforded the alleged plot also contrasts sharply with the treatment