You gotta love the Internet for its ability to spread spurious stories far and wide (don’t forget to call your Congressman to stop SOPA). From Examiner.com:
A crazy conspiracy theory making its way around the web claims that President Obama has issued a “kill order” against GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul.
The theory was published at the European Union Times, which claims:
The Federal Security Service (“secret letter” sent to Prime Minister Putin by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda contains a warning that United States President Barack Obama has issued an executive-level “kill order” against US Congressman Ron Paul over fears this charismatic politician, who many believe could capture the Republican Presidential 2012 nomination, is about to expose to all Americans what can only be described as the largest mass theft in human history
The article, which cites the Russian Federal Security Service with no corroborating evidence, has been linked on a number of sites, including The Daily Paul, a website that advocates the Paul candidacy. Google returned several links mentioning the claim at the Paul site, but one is currently not working…
[continues at Examiner.com]
