{"id":46764,"date":"2014-05-13T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T15:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=46764"},"modified":"2014-05-11T10:25:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T14:25:50","slug":"46764","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=46764","title":{"rendered":"More Secret Service Issues? Sure Looks Like It"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve written more than once before here on TAH about issues with the US Secret Service (previous articles can be found\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a> and here<\/a>).\u00a0 Well, it looks like there\u2019s another issue or two now coming to light.<\/p>\n

It seems as if agents assigned to duties protecting the POTUS were on multiple occasions diverted to another task.\u00a0 Specifically, they appear to have been sent to check on the \u201cwell being\u201d of the Director\u2019s assistant, who \u201cwas being harassed by her neighbor.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a period of time, agents were sent twice a day to a small town in SE Maryland roughly and hour\u2019s drive from the White House.\u00a0 Agents involved<\/p>\n

. . . . thought the reassignment was a potentially illegal use of government resources. They were concerned enough about their own liability that they kept records of their involvement and their superiors\u2019 instructions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In at least one case, agents were diverted from an assignment patrolling the Ellipse shortly before the POTUS was to depart the White House via helicopter.\u00a0 Such times are periods of enhanced White House security.<\/p>\n

When reached for comment, the former US Secret Service Director involved \u2013 Mark Sullivan<\/p>\n

. . . . said through a spokesman that he did not personally order the 2011 checks on his assistant\u2019s home and that a supervisor in his office authorized the visits. He said that he learned of the checks after they began and that to his knowledge, they were done for just a few days and were \u201cappropriate.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Post<\/i> has a decent article<\/a> on the agents\u2019 diversion.\u00a0 It\u2019s IMO worth reading.<\/p>\n

Think the Holder-led Justice Department will actually investigate this case thoroughly?\u00a0 And maybe even hold someone criminally liable for misuse of government resources?<\/p>\n

Nah.\u00a0 Me neither.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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