Saturday, October 4, 2014

Reuters / Yahoo News: Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety (It has always seemed odd that the same agency that is supposed to take a bullet for the president also needs to intrepidly track down someone printing 5-dollar bills in their basement. More importantly, these troubles are all too symbolic of our two-party monopoly empire that can't stay out of endless wars in the Middle East to 'protect' Americans, yet smirkingly refuses to enforce U.S. borders laws--even against the spread of Ebola.)


Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety




WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy took a bullet to protect Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt and agent Jerry Parr shoved the president into a limousine, their quick reflexes projected a Hollywood-style image of invincibility around the agency.
Fast-forward to today: the 149-year-old Secret Service is struggling to emerge from a succession of scandals that have tarnished that iconic reputation, forced the abrupt resignation of its director and raised questions about its ability to fulfill its most critical duty: protecting President Barack Obama and his family. ...

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