Yahoo Article
An internal congressional report questioning the ability of the Secret Service to continue fulfilling its duties was leaked to the Boston Globe.
The report says the Secret Service is strained by a drastic increase in threats to President Obama, coupled with deep budget cuts. Some are
speculating that the agency may need to relinquish all or part of its roles in protecting the country's financial machinery in order to focus
resources on the protection of the president and other high-profile leaders.
Talking Points Memo noted that Ronald Kessler, the author of a recently released book on the Secret Service's protection of U.S. presidents,
recently said that threats against President Obama are up 400 percent from the number of threats levied against former President George W. Bush, while
the size of the agency's staff has only increased by 5.3 percent.
I didnt see this posted anywhere so I decided to post it in here. I havent heard of the secret service having trouble lately until this. Seems pretty
serious if the secret service is being strained especially in these times.
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