Hillary's Secret Service Dramatically Increased

Sen. Hillary Clinton’s Secret Service detail has received a major boost, rising from three or four federal agents to as many as a dozen in recent weeks.

The increase, which followed Clinton’s formal entry into the 2008 presidential race on Jan. 20, was described as a "precaution,” given her position as a former first lady, according to sources cited by the New York Post.

But the Secret Service was notified when a blogger posted a rant on one of Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign Web sites calling for Clinton’s death.

The rant was addressed to Obama, a rival to Hillary for the 2008 Democratic nomination:

"You’re too black for whites and too white for blacks,” it read. "But please put up a good fight for us – and if you get a chance to shove a pillow over Hillary’s face and smother her to death before the primaries, 20 black-eyed virgins will wait on you in paradise.”
 
The posting remained on the site for about seven hours before it was removed.

"This is obviously a horrible abuse of the openness of our Web site,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton told the Post.

"We took it down because the content was deplorable and has no place in the discussion.”