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Tasked with not only protecting America's key leaders including the most important of them all, the President of the United States, but also with the responsibility of investigating financial crimes such as counterfeiting, the US Secret Service is feeling rather tasked to the maximum these days.
With the spike in death threats against the current resident of the White House (up an alarming 400 percent compared with when Bush II was in office) and the rise in hate groups across the United States since this president took office, the 144 year old agency faces an uphill battle to keep up with its responsibilities in these most daunting and demanding of times.
The new demands are leading some officials, both inside and outside the agency, to raise the possibility of the service curtailing or dropping its role in fighting financial crime to focus more on protecting leaders and their families from assassination attempts and thwarting terrorist plots aimed at high-profile events.
“If there were an evaluation of the service’s two missions, it might be determined that it is ineffective to conduct its protection mission and investigate financial crimes,’’ according to an internal report issued in August by the Congressional Research Service.
I am not quite sure as to why the budget of the agency is just under $2 billion when one considers the gravity of their work and the dire consequnces from both an economic and political perspective, of the storied agency falling short in any of its assigned duties.
The report as well as other analysis reveal a rather disturbing trend as the agency seems to be cutting corners with regard to weapons re-training, amongst other skills tests, to the degree that agents are being asked to fill out their own test scores themselves. So what do you think I would give myself to keep my plum detail assignment? Now that's a scary thought!
Furthermore, this report, which was provided to the Globe, said such a review should look at how money and staff are allocated, and whether some of the agency’s functions and workers should be transferred to the Treasury Department.
"Please sign and share this petition to protect the President's life (and also that of our other leaders) by demanding an increase in the Secret Service's budget".
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ssbudget
(Thank you "Jessica" for the link).....
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