U.S. Secret Service Protection Authorized For Trump, Carson -ABC

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

Source: Reuters - Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:32 GMT

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Department of Homeland Security has authorized U.S. Secret Service protection for Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson, ABC news tweeted on Thursday.

Earlier this month, the two candidates formally requested 24-hour protection, which could involve nearly 300 agents from the Secret Service, the agency that guards the president and other high-profile political figures. (Reporting by Lisa Lambert; Editing by Susan Heavey)


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[brucefan]

1. This is getting surreal

[eggplant]

2. Hopefully all of those agents will be able to protect all of us from the two of them. n/t

[yurbud]

3. who will protect those agents from Trump?

They will have to rotate them out frequently or put them on suicide watch

[SoapBox]

4. Ugh...my tax dollars at work.

How do I opt out or get a refund?

[niyad]

5. who receives protection:

http://www.secretservice.gov/about/faqs/

2016 Presidential Campaign

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 publicly 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 authorized 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.

[lovuian]

6. The Russians must have been right

they warned Trumps computers had been hacked by ISIL for his itinerary

now he has Secret Service protection

[niyad]

7. THREE HUNDRED AGENTS?????? 150 each? this is absolutely insane.

so, are secretary clinton and sen. sanders also getting protection?

[Action_Patrol]

9. Clinton already has protection as a former First Lady

I'm surprised that the Capitol Police haven't picked up Sanders, even if he doesn't warrant Secret Service Protection.

[DrToast]

15. You have to request SS protection

Sanders may not have asked for it yet.

[davidpdx]

18. I don't see him asking for it honestly. It doesn't sound like something he'd do.

Certainly if he asked, I'd imagine they would provide it. If he were to win the nomination I believe he'd have little choice but to accept it.

[flamingdem]

8. omg .. closer to one of them really being the nominee

Note to Ben Carson - Adam and Eve are depicted with belly buttons, think about it.

[niyad]

10. reading some of the commentary is just ugly

http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2015/10/15/trump-wants-secret-service-protection-but-does-qualify/
but I loved this one:

another republican who wants GOVERNMENT assistance while they go around wanting to cut everybody else.

[Vinca]

11. The agents guarding Carson better bring along a net and a straitjacket.

He's getting nuttier by the minute.

[lark]

12. Ha, the public needs protection from them and their supporters!

Look at the beating that Hispanic person took from a crowd of Trump supporters. They're the dangerous ones.

[onehandle]

13. I want my tax money back. nt

[onenote]

14. Can't Trump protect himself. Concealed carry and all that?

I wonder if Carson or Trump (bite my tongue) ever made it to the WH -- would they order that visitors to the WH with "valid permits" be allowed to bring their weapons with them? After all, according to their logic, gun free zones are bad and wouldn't more people with guns (the secret service can't be everywhere in the WH all the time) make it even safer for everyone at the WH?

[DrToast]

16. Yeah, isn't there a private security force he can hire?

Should he be relying on a government handout?

[appalachiablue]

17. Kick for visibility. Good info. about how to request protection for candidates.

[Solly Mack]

19. Why? Can't either of them put on their super hero clothes and defend us all?

[Calista241]

20. I don't have an issue with this.

Bush gave Obama SS protection well before he became the Dem candidate and well before he was entitled to it.

And it could be a good thing. Reagan became Saint Ronnie after he was shot. Can you imagine the love fest in the media if one of them was wounded, or the sympathy the eventual Repub candidate would have if one of their number was assassinated?

[Earth_First]

21. I was under the impression a SS detail was only available to the nominee...

within 120 days of the general election.

Guess I was wrong...