Another urban legend busted?

You may remember a rash of media reports in August and September about a claim that assassination threats directed at President Obama are up 400 percent over previous presidents, stretching the Secret Service to its limits
But Director of the Secret Service Mark Sullivan begged to differ at a Congressional hearing over the party crasher incident today:

“The threats are not up,” Sullivan said, adding that they receive about the same amount of threats against Obama as they did for presidents Clinton and Bush.

He also specifically claimed the 400-percent figure was incorrect Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan tells House committee reports of greater threats against Pres. Obama are not true.