Sheriff Joe 'suspicious' of motive behind Obama attacks

◼ Is lawman's probe of president creating panic at White House? - Bob Unruh/World Net Daily

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona's Maricopa County has been under fire for his immigration law-enforcement policies from protesters who simply object to what he's doing, in a lawsuit alleging his department profiles on race, and from the federal government which has canceled agreements with his department to check for violators who arrive at his jail.

Now he's wondering just how much of that displeasure from Washington is being generated by the perceived White House alarm over his Cold Case Posse investigation checking out suspicions raised by area tea-party officials that Barack Obama may use or try to use fraudulent documents to be on the 2012 presidential ballot in Arizona.

...Arpaio has confirmed his "Cold Case Posse" investigating Obama's presidential eligibility will release a preliminary report in February of its findings, which he expects to be "controversial."

He has described the work that is going on as "a serious law-enforcement investigation" and he said the findings will be "based in facts." Arpaio said a comprehensive report will be issued shortly after the February preliminary report.

His investigation was launched after local tea-party members expressed their concern to him about the possibility of fraud in the Obama campaign.

◼ Arpaio gets death threats over Obama investigation - Warned he 'will be filled with thousand bullet holes' - Jerome R. Corsi/World Net Daily