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2016-04-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by DarthVader 2016-04-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 The fish rots from the head down.

Posted by Nguard 2016-04-20 01:13|| 2016-04-20 01:13|| Front Page Top

#2 ...Is the USSS still working on the full size mockup of the White House?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-04-20 05:10|| 2016-04-20 05:10|| Front Page Top

#3 How about a review of what their mission IS?

There's never been a bureaucracy that hasn't engaged is significant mission creep and I'd bet the SS is no different.

Let's see how much paper shuffling and crap are being done by personnel that could be used differently or jobs that don't need doing.

Posted by AlanC 2016-04-20 08:38|| 2016-04-20 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder if Hillary kept Blackwater/XE's phone number from her stint at State? Sort of like forcing fundamental Christian bakers to make gay wedding cakes.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-04-20 08:59|| 2016-04-20 08:59|| Front Page Top

#5 There's never been a bureaucracy that hasn't engaged is significant mission creep and I'd bet the SS is no different.

Mission creep created by a Congress adding more and more laws that require more and more enforcement.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-04-20 09:01|| 2016-04-20 09:01|| Front Page Top

#6 No problem! Just detail a few hard men/wymn from a certain compound on Fort Bragg for two or three year tours. Oh wait !!!

Posted by Besoeker 2016-04-20 10:46|| 2016-04-20 10:46|| Front Page Top

#7 No Secret Service agents for politicians. No firearms protection either. A scientific experiment. Gather data. Take notes. Write report.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2016-04-20 10:47|| 2016-04-20 10:47|| Front Page Top

#8 "In particular, the Uniformed Division is severely understaffed, which has led to inadequate training, fatigue, low morale, and attrition."

Uniformed Division has always been treated like crap by the USSS leadership. It's just gotten worse with this regime.

Some of that same USSS leadership, by the way, also set up and initially ran the TSA.

Posted by Pappy 2016-04-20 11:56|| 2016-04-20 11:56|| Front Page Top

#9 P2k, they're all in it together.

Congress wants to grow the power available and the bureaucracy wants to extend it's reach to control more of it planting THEIR flag on as much new turf as possible.

Posted by AlanC 2016-04-20 12:03|| 2016-04-20 12:03|| Front Page Top

#10 There's never been a bureaucracy that hasn't engaged is significant mission creep and I'd bet the SS is no different.

There has been a vast increase in SS protection for the First Lady, First Children, ex-presidents and their families, the vice president and his family, and even Speaker of the House.

P.S. even the military (especially SOCOM) gets pulled in to become part of the praetorian guard.

Posted by Frozen Al 2016-04-20 13:07|| 2016-04-20 13:07|| Front Page Top

#11 Well it's totally reasonable to expect a problem in staffing. Consider the ad in the Employment Section of the local rag... "Join the Secret Service and take a bullet for Champ!". Lotta takers there, I'll bet. On the other hand, I hear the hotel parties are a perk.

Posted by Mercutio 2016-04-20 13:51|| 2016-04-20 13:51|| Front Page Top

#12 "Take a bullet for ValJar!"

'nuff said.

Posted by CrazyFool 2016-04-20 13:53|| 2016-04-20 13:53|| Front Page Top

#13 Point to CrazyFool.

Would anyone be willing (even with a vest) to take a bullet for the slime in DC nowdays?

I would for Bush, even though I railed against most of his policies as he seems like a nice guy and is doing what he thinks is best.

Everyone else seems so much like elitist, selfish fucks that I would be like, 'meh, go ahead. I didn't like the fucker that much anyway'.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-04-20 18:58|| 2016-04-20 18:58|| Front Page Top

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