US ATTORNEY: METH HEADS TOO STONED TO HURT OBAMA

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While three tweaking “meth heads” who aspire to kill the Senator from Chicago cruising around Denver with large quantities of the drug, guns, ammunition, a bullet proof vest, two-way radios, and a portable methamphetamine lab is hardly reassuring, the US Attorney today tried to do just that by asserting that the trio was literally too addled by meth to actually carry out any plot to harm the Democratic presidential nominee, CNN is reporting.

There is not enough evidence to conclude that three people arrested with drugs and weapons posed a "true threat" to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Denver U.S. Attorney said Tuesday.

Their alleged plot to harm Obama was apparently fueled by racism and was more "aspirational than operational," Eid said.

The suspects face federal and state charges in connection with the drugs and weapons, according to authorities.

Colorado, police were conducting a routine traffic stop when they saw Tharin Robert Gartrell swerving and driving erratically in a blue Dodge truck with a Colorado license plate. An officer pulled over Gartrell and discovered the 28-year-old was driving on a suspended license and was on probation for possession of methamphetamine, according to an affidavit.

The officer arrested Gartrell and found inside his pants' pocket a small plastic bag containing 4.4 ounces of methamphetamine. A search of the truck turned up two rifles, a bulletproof vest, boxes of ammunition, several guns, hunting scopes, walkie-talkies and drugs, the affidavit states.

Authorities also found a "mobile" meth lab in the back seat, which included tools to make the drug.

Law enforcement had already received an informant’s tip that the trio had been plotting to kill Barack Obama.