Secret service

[Rustic]

I don't think the Republican candidates should request Secret Service protection until the primaries are over.

And you??

 

[Rustic]

Way too costly...

Best to wait after the primary's

 

[Lonestar_logic]

I don't think the Republican candidates should request Secret Service protection until the primaries are over.

And you??

I don't think past presidents should have secret service details.

 

[the_human_being]

I don't think the Republican candidates should request Secret Service protection until the primaries are over.

And you??

Obama had secret service protection 1 1/2 years before the election.

 

[shadow355]

I don't think the Republican candidates should request Secret Service protection until the primaries are over.

And you??

Any person whom is a Presidential Candiate, needs protection.

Any Political party, any person. The threat or danger of a political assassination is there.


FAQs

• Who receives protection?

The Secret Service DOES NOT determine who qualifies for protection, nor is the Secret Service empowered to independently initiate candidate protection.
Under 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7), "[m]ajor Presidential and Vice Presidental candidates," as identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, are eligible for Secret Service protection.
Title 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7) authorizes the U.S. Secret Service to provide protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates:

• Protection is authorized by the DHS Secretary after consultation with the Congressional Advisory Committee
• The Congressional Advisory Committee includes: Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, and one additional member selected by the others

Criteria have been established to assist the DHS Secretary and the advisory committee in their decision making (as of 2008). Candidates must:

• Be publically announced
• Have some degree of prominence as shown by opinion polls
• Be actively campaigning and entered in at least 10 state primaries
• Be seeking the nomination of a qualified party
• Have qualified for matching funds in the amount of at least $100,000
• Have received contributions totaling $10 million

Title 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7) states that the U.S. Secret Service is also authroized to protect spouses of major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, as identified by the DHS Secretary, within 120 days of the general Presidential election. Some candidates have received protection earlier in the campaign pursuant to Presidential memoranda.


Shadow 355

 

[hazlnut]

I don't think the Republican candidates should request Secret Service protection until the primaries are over.

And you??

Trump can afford his own.

And no one wants to hurt Dr. Whisper, he's too entertaining.

 

[Moonglow]

What's so secret about their service?

 

[Pogo]

I don't think the Republican candidates should request Secret Service protection until the primaries are over.

And you??

Any person whom is a Presidential Candiate, needs protection.

Any Political party, any person. The threat or danger of a political assassination is there.


FAQs

• Who receives protection?

The Secret Service DOES NOT determine who qualifies for protection, nor is the Secret Service empowered to independently initiate candidate protection.
Under 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7), "[m]ajor Presidential and Vice Presidental candidates," as identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, are eligible for Secret Service protection.
Title 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7) authorizes the U.S. Secret Service to provide protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates:

• Protection is authorized by the DHS Secretary after consultation with the Congressional Advisory Committee
• The Congressional Advisory Committee includes: Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, and one additional member selected by the others

Criteria have been established to assist the DHS Secretary and the advisory committee in their decision making (as of 2008). Candidates must:

• Be publically announced
• Have some degree of prominence as shown by opinion polls
• Be actively campaigning and entered in at least 10 state primaries
• Be seeking the nomination of a qualified party
• Have qualified for matching funds in the amount of at least $100,000
• Have received contributions totaling $10 million

Title 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7) states that the U.S. Secret Service is also authroized to protect spouses of major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, as identified by the DHS Secretary, within 120 days of the general Presidential election. Some candidates have received protection earlier in the campaign pursuant to Presidential memoranda.


Shadow 355

Interesting list of qualifications --- you want protection, you actually have to buy it. Amazin'.

 

[shadow355]

Interesting list of qualifications --- you want protection, you actually have to buy it. Amazin'.

They don't protect people whom just say "I am running for President of the United States" so Secret Service will give them protection.

You have to prove you actually are running for President - hence the criteria above.

Shadow 355

 

[Pogo]

Interesting list of qualifications --- you want protection, you actually have to buy it. Amazin'.

They don't protect people whom just say "I am running for President of the United States" so Secret Service will give them protection.

You have to prove you actually are running for President - hence the criteria above.

Shadow 355

Yeah I get that. I'm focusing on this:

• Have qualified for matching funds in the amount of at least $100,000
• Have received contributions totaling $10 million

--- seems to me it just perpetuates oligarchy.

Not that it's the only thing that does, not at all. But it's indicative of a larger and fatal syndrome.
At base, public service is not supposed to be all about money.​