Stover man charged with planning to kill the president

A Stover, Mo., man was charged in federal court Tuesday for making death threats against President Obama.

Cameron James Stout, 24, was arrested and had an initial court appearance in Jefferson City and remains in federal custody.

According to an affidavit filed in court, Stout threatened on several occasions to shoot and kill Obama.

A confidential informant approached a Morgan County sheriff's deputy on Friday and reported Stout had solicited him the previous day for a rifle and assistance in his plan to shoot the president in the next few weeks, the affidavit says. The confidential informant, a former Aryan Nation member, reported Stout said he was going to kill the president and he was serious.

According to the confidential informant, Stout said he didn't have a high-powered rifle and needed to obtain one. The confidential informant told Stout he could put him in contact with a high-ranking member of the Aryan Nation to assist him in obtaining a rifle and to provide Stout with helpful information.

On Saturday, Stout again discussed shooting the president while he and the confidential informant worked on four-wheel ATVs. Stout drew two diagrams of the Washington, D.C., area and his shooting locations that he had identified through research on the Internet, the affidavit says, which he gave to the confidential informant who then turned them over to law enforcement. According to the affidavit, Stout told the confidential informant that he owns a .270-caliber Weatherby rifle with a high-powered scope that he had loaned to another person, but now has the rifle back and planned to use it to commit his crime.

On Monday, the confidential informant visited Stout's residence then met him again later. According to the affidavit, they again discussed Stout's intention to shoot the president and made arrangements for Stout to meet the confidential informant's superior in the Aryan Nation.

Stout and the confidential informant met again Tuesday morning with an undercover law enforcement officer purporting to be the confidential informant's superior in the Aryan Nation. According to the affidavit, Stout stated his plan was to set up at Crown Center in Kansas City and to shoot the president the next time he came there. Stout wanted the undercover officer to provide him with transportation to and from Kansas City. Stout said he was a competent shot up to 200 yards.

The undercover officer asked Stout if it was Stout's plan to shoot the president, according to the affidavit, and Stout replied "Yes." Stout told the undercover officer that he had done research for his plan on his home computer.