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<span style="font-weight: bold">Secret Service IDs kid for Facebook 'assassination poll' -- no charges</span>
The Secret Service announced today that a juvenile was behind the Facebook posting that asked whether President Obama should be assassinated, calling it a prank that would not lead to prosecution.
The agency declined to release the juvenile's name, age or residence.
The Facebook posting, put up Saturday but since removed, posed a quiz to readers, "Should Obama be killed?" The options were no, maybe, yes, and "yes, if he cuts my health care."
Secret Service agents -- who investigate all potential threats against presidents -- spoke with the child and the parents, and determined that there was no intent to harm Obama, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
"This is something we classified as a mistake on the juvenile's part," Donovan said.
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The Secret Service announced today that a juvenile was behind the Facebook posting that asked whether President Obama should be assassinated, calling it a prank that would not lead to prosecution.
The agency declined to release the juvenile's name, age or residence.
The Facebook posting, put up Saturday but since removed, posed a quiz to readers, "Should Obama be killed?" The options were no, maybe, yes, and "yes, if he cuts my health care."
Secret Service agents -- who investigate all potential threats against presidents -- spoke with the child and the parents, and determined that there was no intent to harm Obama, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.
"This is something we classified as a mistake on the juvenile's part," Donovan said.
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