Senior federal officials are skeptical that the alleged plot to kill Barack Obama was well-planned or had even gotten beyond the planning stage, MSNBC reports.

“Senior federal officials tell NBC News that the Feds are skeptical about whether there ever was a well-conceived plan to attack Sen. Barack Obama by two alleged neo-Nazi extremists in Tennessee. The officials say that there is no evidence at this early stage of the investigation that the two men, Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman, had ever taken the plan beyond the talking stage.”

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