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2015-01-15 Government

4 top Secret Service executives told to leave their posts in agency shake-up

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Posted by Fred 2015-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 If they do not resign or retire, they can report for a new assignment with the Secret Services parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Ag! I get it. Not good enuf to protect the Champ, but plenty good enuf to protect the Homeland. Nicely done.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-01-15 01:55|| 2015-01-15 01:55|| Front Page Top

#2 And they have a shot at preserving their pensions. Win-win!

Posted by Raj 2015-01-15 02:06|| 2015-01-15 02:06|| Front Page Top

#3 The Secret Service has been hitting a lot of turbulence lately. They used to be part of the Treasury Dept, but were transfered to the somewhat useless Dept of Homeland Security around 2003. Are their problems related to that move or were they just better at keeping a lid on things back when they were highly regarded?

Posted by SteveS 2015-01-15 02:09|| 2015-01-15 02:09|| Front Page Top

#4 You just answered you own question, mate.

Posted by Raj 2015-01-15 02:25|| 2015-01-15 02:25|| Front Page Top

#5 They were professionals.

Besides, "homeland security" are hiring brand new "citizens" from everywhere but from the Homeland America to secure you from ?....."?

Posted by newc 2015-01-15 03:04|| 2015-01-15 03:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Yep, the black guy stays.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2015-01-15 05:59|| 2015-01-15 05:59|| Front Page Top

#7 A spokesman for the venerable service said under a condition of anonymity that institutional hatred for a man they know is not even a United States citizen has made it very difficult for anyone to commit to "taking one for the president." She added, "I mean, these Obama people are the same that grampa gave his life fighting against in WWII!"

Posted by Whavilet Tholulet9123 2015-01-15 10:26|| 2015-01-15 10:26|| Front Page Top

#8 “We are not the Super Bowl team we once were,” Dan Emmett, a former Secret Service supervisor, said in a recent interview with The Washington Post.

Some of the reasons.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-01-15 16:53|| 2015-01-15 16:53|| Front Page Top

#9 I wonder if it's dawning on the Beltway that creating the Department of Homeland Security might have been a mistake...

Posted by Pappy 2015-01-15 21:01|| 2015-01-15 21:01|| Front Page Top

#10 ...they never give up thinking socialism will work, why should they think DHS is a mistake? Not imposing the autocracy fast enough?

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-01-15 23:18|| 2015-01-15 23:18|| Front Page Top

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