Saturday, November 10, 2012

Secret Service 'Stopped Several Assassination Plots Against Romney And Obama During Election Campaign


How the Secret Service Said Goodbye to Mitt Romney -- Marc Ambinder, GQ

At some point, early Wednesday morning, when Gov. Mitt Romney and family were tucked into bed, a quiet call went out on the radio channel used by his Secret Service agents: "Javelin, Jockey details, all posts, discontinue."

Of all the indignities involved in losing a presidential race, none is more stark than the sudden emptiness of your entourage. The Secret Service detail guarding Governor Romney since Feb 1. stood down quickly. He had ridden in a 15-car motorcade to the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston for his concession speech. He rode in a single-car motorcade back across the Charles River to Belmont. His son, Tagg, did the driving.

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More News On Reports That The Secret Service 'Stopped Several Assassination Plots Against Romney And Obama During Election Campaign'

Secret Service said to have foiled several assassination attempts on President Obama and Mitt Romney during the campaign, but report is under scrutiny -- New York Daily News
Revealed: How Secret Service 'Stopped Several Assassination Plots Against Romney And Obama During Election Campaign' -- Daily Mail
Secret Service Reportedly Thwarted ‘Several Assassination Plots’ During the Presidential Campaign -- Politicker
Several assassination attempts on Obama, Romney ‘nipped in bud’ during campaign -- Zee News

My Comment:
Marc Ambinder wanted to focus his story on how the Secret Service discontinues it's protection detail when the candidate loses .... but I suspect that he is surprised that the focus is (instead) on his comments that assassination attempts were thwarted.

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