From what you stated was said, no. Calling the authorities in was not justified. Unless the story was "cleaned up" for you, and there was more said than you were told - a specific, credible threat toward either the POTUS or one or more of his supporters. Or multiple incidents that show a pattern of obsessiveness. Or the guy has a long history of violent threats and actions against others. Then I would have been concerned. I don't know the guy, but if any of those are possible then I wouldn't be too hard on the snitch. There have been a lot of psychos going postal lately, he may have felt right or wrong that he was saving a life.
It would be interesting to hear from someone who was there and saw it go down. But from what you've posted here there's nothing that should get the guy in serious trouble. Unless the Feds find his stash, that is.
The guy is a crack-head. In that case it would be a good thing. But according to the link I provided there has been a increase of threats reported by 400 percent over the Bush Adminstration. I thought this wasn't possible. Is this because of paranoia on the part of the Administration or because of some mindless following that seems to think he can do no wrong and thinks he has to be protected at all costs. Only 38 percent would vote for Obama today....but most of America still seems to like him. I'm not sure what that means. If you don't like him enough to vote for him I don't think you really like him.
There's a difference between liking somebody and thinking he's probably a good guy and being willing to vote for him. A lot of people felt that way about Bush, for example. Great guy to have a beer with, crappy President. Or Carter, a lot of folks thought he was a good man, just a lousy leader. That happens.
I don't think the paranoia is on the Administration's part, Obama didn't pick up the phone and report a threat on himself. That's kind of ridiculous. Look at the bigger picture. People are more scared in many ways than they were 3 or 4 years ago. We've had a string of incidents in the news with psychos shooting things up and flying planes into buidlings. The economy isn't getting back on track with jobs, just about everybody is either out of work, scared of being out of work or knows somebody who's out of work. That kind of uncertainty makes people nervous. We have the political rhetoric escalating on both sides coming into midterms, and for those who immerse themselves in it that can create a lot of fear as the wild claims bounce around in the echo chamber. Who knows what this guy was thinking?
Like I said, it would be interesting to talk to somebody or preferably more than one person who was there. But a general statement like the one you posted isn't going to get anyone in trouble unless they already have a pattern or there's more to the story. If the Secret Service AND FBI are really "all over him" for one stupid comment, consider that he might also be under investigation for something else. Has he been dealing, perhaps? Do his fellow employees know something you don't and there's more than one reason that call was made?
There are a lot of sides to every story. Without all the facts, it's hard to say.
