{"id":31817,"date":"2012-08-30T05:33:03","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T09:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31817"},"modified":"2012-08-30T08:13:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T12:13:39","slug":"looks-like-the-secret-service-has-some-more-splaining-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31817","title":{"rendered":"Looks Like the Secret Service Has Some More ‘Splaining to Do"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m beginning to believe there must be something funny in the water at 950 H Street NW in DC.\u00a0 Once again, the Secret Service is in the news<\/a> – and not in a good way.<\/p>\n

A gun belonging to a member of Mitt Romney’s U.S. Secret Service detail was found unattended in the bathroom of the candidate’s charter plane Wednesday afternoon. The Republican nominee was traveling from Tampa, Fla., site of his party’s convention, to Indianapolis, Ind., for a speech.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m not a law enforcement professional, so maybe I’m looking at this all wrong.\u00a0 But it seems to me that any LEO leaving his\/her weapon behind in a public restroom is not exactly a good thing.\u00a0 Particularly not when that public restroom is on an aircraft carrying a Presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

And this time, I’m afraid the “these were junior folks doing advance work” excuse doesn’t cut it.\u00a0 Agents accompanying Presidential candidates as part of their protection detail aren’t – or shouldn’t be – rookies.\u00a0 They simply shouldn’t be making these kinds of mistakes.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see what results from this faux pas.\u00a0 But this, coupled with recent past incidents, does seem to indicate that there’s a problem at the agency.\u00a0 Perhaps some changes are needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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