Secret Service

[Bob]

Secret Service under strain as leaders face more threats - The Boston Globe Secret Service strained as leaders face more threats
Report questions its role in financial investigations
By Bryan Bender
Globe Staff / October 18, 2009

WASHINGTON - The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new questions about the 144-year-old agency?s overall mission.

The Secret Service is tracking a far broader range of possible threats to the nation?s leaders, the officials said, even as it also investigates financial crimes such as counterfeiting as part of its original mandate.

The new demands are leading some officials, both inside and outside the agency, to raise the possibility of the service curtailing or dropping its role in fighting financial crime to focus more on protecting leaders and their families from assassination attempts and thwarting terrorist plots aimed at high-profile events.

 

[kkddbb]

im currently reading a first of its kind book by ronald kessler about the secret service. Its basically interviews of past and current secret service agents off the record as well as the history of the organization.

When it came to the section on obama, I was surprised to read that threats towards our current president have increased over 400%.

Ill never understand why the secret service was ever involved in financial matters.

And for you carter supporters out there if there are any, i urge you to read this book. That was one incompedant and phoney individual...

good post, bob.

 

[AlphaCrab]

Thanks --did not realize the Secret Service was involved in such broad missions and had other roles. Judging from some of the posts on this politcal thread, with the veiled and coded comments being expoused daily, it does makes you wonder about the extent of the negativity towards Obama.

 

[30ashopper]

Thanks --did not realize the Secret Service was involved in such broad missions and had other roles. Judging from some of the posts on this politcal thread, with the veiled and coded comments being expoused daily, it does makes you wonder about the extent of the negativity towards Obama.

The next John Wilkes Booth or John Hinckley, Jr. is on SoWal! I love a good conspiracy theory! Who do you think it is??

 

[Alicia Leonard]

Wonder who helped get all these people all roused up and angry..... hmmmmm...:scratch:

 

[TooFarTampa]

Wonder who helped get all these people all roused up and angry..... hmmmmm...:scratch:

I will say what I heard about Carter's antics with the SS surprised me. I feel confident that Obama is no Carter at least in that regard.

 

[beachmouse]

Accounts I've heard is that Carter himself is pleasant enough, if a little bit eccentric. It's his extended family that's a nightmare to deal with.

 

[AlphaCrab]

The next John Wilkes Booth or John Hinckley, Jr. is on SoWal! I love a good conspiracy theory! Who do you think it is??

Don't know...The right wing conspiricy is VAST--it could be anyone--especially in a place, like here, where no one has a real name or profile....but where everything put in print could be used as evidence.

 

[kkddbb]

Accounts I've heard is that Carter himself is pleasant enough, if a little bit eccentric. It's his extended family that's a nightmare to deal with.

remember when he would make it look like he was a normal guy by carrying his own suitcases off air force one? they were empty.

remember when he would make it look like he worked hard by getting to the oval office early? he did and took naps in the oval office

wouldnt allow secret service to say hello to him...

would blame them for stealing when it was his staff that stole-food.

and there was a time when he tried to kill a dog for barking to loud at this georgia home.

and the list goes on......

he's a complete phoney hense his incredibly failed presidency.

the books a great read. check it out

 

[kkddbb]

Don't know...The right wing conspiricy is VAST--it could be anyone--especially in a place, like here, where no one has a real name or profile....but where everything put in print could be used as evidence.

is there some smoke filled room filled with right wingers planning on how to smear the left?

they exist, they are called media matters, daily kos etc etc etc etc

when will some get over hillarys oh so famous line "right wing conspiracy"?

im at my office and we're all laughing at this. have another glass of koolaid for us