US embassy guard suspended for criticising Barack Obama

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:53 PM EST

Article Source: Guardian Unlimited

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An American security guard has been suspended from work at the US embassy in London after publishing a blog criticising the president-elect, Barack Obama.

The decision to remove him was taken following "mutual" agreement between his UK employer and US diplomats, an embassy spokesman told guardian.co.uk.

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jade-log

This was more than criticism this was a smear that can be traced to the Republican campaign and possibly to Ms. Palin explicitly

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#1 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 2:55 PM EST

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Jade-log, How do you know that? What's your evidence? Freedom of speech mean anything to you?

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#2 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:23 PM EST

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jade-log

I'll look it up for you but it was around the time she was saying that Obama "palled around" with terrorists. During that period she indicated that Obama might be a socialist.

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#2.1 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:32 PM EST

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Sarah Palin, Socialist | The New York Observer
Oct 20, 2008 ... If you haven't seen it already, Sarah Palin is openly accusing Barack Obama of advocating socialism based on his off-the-cuff comment to ...
www.observer.com/2008/politics/sarah-palin-socialist

Or you can google palin socialism obama. There are many articles and videos.

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#2.2 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:34 PM EST

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