n5wd wrote:The interesting part of this case is that it is the Obama administration that is saying that protectors of the realm....errr... Secret Service agents... must not be held responsible / accountable when they make a snap decision (in this case, 10 minutes after the event occurred, after the actor left, picked up his kiddoh, then returned to the general area and lost track of his kid, coming to the attention of the SS because he was acting anxious, refusing to allow the SS to question him, the SS then deciding that they needed to arrest him at that point)... when they're trying to protect the President or Vice President.
Everyone "knows" that police have to make snap decisions, but even the Secret Service should be able to get it right over 10 minutes later.
I'd say that with this particular president, the Secret Service has every reason to be nervous for his safety. He has seriously ticked off a huge percentage of the population—the "more likely to own guns than the liberal koolaid drinkers" percentage. I'm not saying that has any bearing on this particular story......just making a general observation about how presidential security details must have harder or easier assignments depending on the flavor of their particular president's administration, and on how polarizing that president is in the nation's political landscape.
