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A protester was tackled and handcuffed by police after shouting at Joe Biden's motorcade in Los Angeles.

The US Secret Service tweeted that the woman was removed after entering a "restricted roadway".

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FOX News: Biden protester rushes motorcade, gets tackled by Secret Service agent in LA  

The protester appeared to be advocating for abortion rights. 

A protester in Los Angeles was tackled by the Secret Service on Wednesday after she walked out onto the street and approached President Biden's motorcade. 

Biden was in downtown L.A. for the ninth Summit of the Americas. The woman had moved onto a blocked-off street with a bullhorn and was quickly removed. 

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WNU Editor: She crossed the security line. If she stayed behind it she would have been OK. I also found the reaction from the police was slow.

US Secret Service Members Asked About Protecting Soon-To-Be-Former President Trump Full Time In Florida

President Donald Trump holds a 'Make America Great Again' cap while arriving to board Air Force One as he departs Florida for campaign travel to North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin at Miami International Airport in Miami, Nov. 2, 2020. Carlos Barria/Reuters 

ABC News: Secret Service members asked about protecting soon-to-be-former president Trump full time in Florida: Sources 

Agents in Trump's detail have been asked about relocating to West Palm Beach. 

As states begin to certify election results that seal a victory for President-elect Joe Biden, even though Donald Trump hasn't conceded there is one clear sign his post-presidency life is taking shape: Secret Service agents in the president's detail are being asked whether they're interested in transferring to Palm Beach, Florida, sources have told ABC News. 

The Secret Service's Miami field office also has begun looking at physical reinforcements to Mar-a-Largo, the president's club to which he refers as "the winter White House," the sources added. These moves are considered unofficial as Trump has yet to concede to Biden. 

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WNU Editor: Palm Beach is a better (and nicer) place to stay than Washington D.C..

Files On A 2009 Incident Between Then-Vice President Joe Biden And A Secret Service Agent's Girlfriend During A Photo-Op Have Been Destroyed

PJ Media: Joe Biden Accused of Groping Breast of Secret Service Agent’s Girlfriend During 2009 Photo-Op

Judicial Watch announced on Thursday that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security for records that were allegedly destroyed by the Secret Service regarding a 2009 incident between then-Vice President Joe Biden and a Secret Service agent.

Their original FOIA request was made back on May 12, 2020, and sought “all records related to a reported incident in 2009 in which a United States Secret Service Agent reportedly was involved in an altercation with, or attempted to strike, then Vice President Joe Biden” during a photo opportunity.

According to Judicial Watch, the lawsuit was filed after the Secret Service “failed to respond to a July 14, 2020 administrative appeal challenging its claim that all files related to the 2009 altercation ‘ha[d] been destroyed’ due to ‘retention standards.’”

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Update: Secret Service Admits To Destroying Records In Alleged Biden Breast-Grabbing Incident (Zero Hedge)

WNU Editor: I remember watching about a decade ago a retired Secret Service agent talk about Vice-President Biden's Secret Service detail being a post that most agents did not want to be on. If the above story is true, I can now understand why.

President Trump Abruptly Escorted From Briefing Room By The Secret Service After Shooting Near The White House

Daily Mail: Trump is abruptly escorted from briefing room after Secret Service agent shoots a 51-year-old man outside the White House who 'charged at him and told him he was armed'

* President Donald Trump was briefly escorted from his press conference on Monday due to a shooting outside
* Secret Service agent was seen entering room and whispering into Trump's ear before leading him out of room
* In an update Monday night, the Secret Service said an agent shot a 51-year-old man outside the White House
* Agency said man approached an agent around 5.53pm at corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
* Suspect told officer that he had a weapon, turned around and ran aggressively towards officer, Secret Service says
* The suspect made a drawing motion and 'withdrew an object from his clothing' before office shot him in torso
* Both officer and the man were taken to hospitals; no other details about the man's condition were released
* The president thanked the Secret Service for keeping him safe with their 'quick and very effective work'

President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from his press conference on Monday less than five minutes after it began after a Secret Service agent shot a 51-year-old man who 'aggressively' approached the officer and said he had a weapon outside the White House.

In a update released Monday night, the Secret Service said the man approached an agent around 5.53pm at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW near the White House complex.

'The suspect approached the officer and told the officer he had a weapon,' the statement reads. 'The suspect then turned around, ran aggressively towards the officer, and in a drawing motion, withdrew an object from his clothing.'

The agency said the man then 'crouched into a shooter's stance as if about to fire a weapon'.

'The Secret Service officer discharged his weapon, striking the individual in the torso,' the update reads.

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More News On President Trump Being Abruptly Escorted From The Briefing Room By The Secret Service After Shooting Near The White House

Trump escorted from briefing after shooting near White House -- Reuters
Trump escorted out of White House briefing after ‘shooting’ outside grounds -- France 24
Trump exits briefing as man shot near White House -- BBC
Secret Service escorts Trump from press briefing after shooting outside White House -- The Guardian
Shooting outside White House as Trump evacuated from briefing -- DW
Donald Trump escorted from press conference by Secret Service after White House shooting -- ABC News Online

That Is One Huge Rifle The Secret Service Sniper Was Carrying

Warzone/The Drive: About That Huge Rifle The Secret Service Sniper Was Carrying During Trump's Photo Op Walk

The highly customizable weapon has the ability to reach out and take out threats like other snipers over long distances with extreme accuracy.

We get a lot on inquiries sent here to The War Zone HQ, especially after events like the bizarre use of U.S. military assets in Washington D.C. last night, but one feature of yesterday's strange course of events around the White House that seemed to stand out to people watching on TV was a pair of U.S. Secret Service snipers who walked with the big group of administration officials over to St. John's Church for Trump's photo-op. Seeing the snipers walk with the crowd was strange for a number of reasons, but one of the sniper's huge and futuristic-looking rifle seemed to have captured more than a few imaginations.

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WNU Editor: That is one big sniper rifle.

Nearly A Dozen U.S. Secret Service Members Protecting The President, Vice-President Add Their Families Hit Hard By The Coronavirus

Secret Service agents hold the door to his car as President Donald Trump arrives to visit first lady Melania Trump at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where she was recovering from kidney surgery, in Bethesda, Maryland, May 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Newsweek: Coronavirus Hits U.S. Secret Service Staff with 11 Active Cases, 23 Recoveries and 60 in Quarantine

Nearly a dozen members of the U.S. Secret Service protecting the president, the vice president and their families, have been struck by the coronavirus, with several dozen other staff members in self-quarantine.

The Secret Service confirmed in March that a single employee had tested positive for COVID-19. But according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents seen by Yahoo News, and also reported by USA Today, the disease is much more widespread, with 11 active cases at the agency, 23 staff members recovered, and 60 now in self-isolation.

Of the Secret Service's 7,600 employees, there are 3,000 agents who work closely with those whom they protect. There has been no breakdown of infection numbers and whether they were civilians or agents working closely with U.S. political leaders. Their locations are also not known.

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WNU Editor: This is bad. If this report is true, I am sure the Vice President and/or the President have been exposed.

More News On Nearly A Dozen U.S. Secret Service Members Protecting The President, Vice-President Add Their Families Hit Hard By The Coronavirus

Coronavirus concern grows as White House staffers, Secret Service personnel test positive -- FOX News
11 Secret Service employees infected with coronavirus, 60 in self-quarantine -- USA Today
Document reveals Secret Service has 11 current virus cases, as concerns about Trump’s staff grow -- Yahoo News
Eleven Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19: report -- The Hill
11 Secret Service agents test positive for COVID-19 and fears of it spreading through the White House are mounting -- Business Insider

How Good Is President Trump's Security Protection?

President Donald Trump. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Business Insider: Nancy Pelosi's daughter said she was able to hand Trump a bottle of water in the White House without anyone checking for contamination

* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's daughter Alexandra handed President Donald Trump a water bottle in the White House without anyone checking it for contamination, according to a new book about the president.
* Alexandra Pelosi was directing a film at the White House when the incident happened six weeks after Trump was sworn in, the book, titled "A Very Stable Genius," said, according to an excerpt of it published in Vanity Fair.
* Pelosi, who had been to the White House before, said it was highly unusual for her to witness such a lax security system.

The daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was able to hand a bottle of water to President Donald Trump without having anyone check for contamination, according to a new book about the White House.

An excerpt from "A Very Stable Genius," written by the Washington Post journalists Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig, highlighted a glaring security lapse in the White House that took place six weeks after Trump's inauguration. Vanity Fair published the excerpt on Monday.

Alexandra Pelosi had been directing the filming of a documentary inside the White House on March 1, 2017, when the president appeared, the book said.

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WNU Editor: Was the bottle already opened? President Trump is known to be a "germaphobe". If it was opened, I would be surprised if he took a gulp from it. This is also another event that makes me wonder (and worry) on how good is President Trump's security detail. There are after-all a lot of people who want him dead .... Iranian MP puts $3m bounty on President Donald Trump's head (Al Jazeera).

U.S. Secret Service Has Increased Security At Mar-a-Lago After Iran Put A $80m Hit On President Trump

Secret Service has ramped up security at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida as recent as his last visit where Secret Service members are seen behind the president as he boards Marine One

Daily Mail: Secret Service at Mar-a-Lago adds four checkpoints to examine vehicles for explosives and search guests for weapons after Iran put out $80m hit on the president

* Secret Service has ramped up security at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida
* Members and guests must pass through as many as four Secret Service checkpoints and have their vehicles examined for explosives under the hood
* This comes as Iran has put an $80million bounty on President Trump after he ordered the death of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani
* On Sunday Hesameddin Ashena dropped a chilling hint of an Iranian attack on Donald Trump's empire by posting a link to his properties
* The tougher measures by the Secret Service are in addition to protection by the Air Force, which enforces a no-fly zone over Mar-a-Lago when Trump is in town
* Trump showed his gratitude to the agents before the new year by inviting them to a Sunday evening buffet where steak and lobster were served

The Secret Service has substantially toughened security at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort after three potentially harmful intrusions and now as Iran has put out an $80million hit on the president.

No longer can anyone wander onto the Palm Beach property under false pretenses, as happened last March with Yujing Zhang from China.

Depending on where members and guests are headed on the property, they now may have to pass through as many as four Secret Service security checkpoints.

Their identities are checked based on their driver's licenses, and their vehicles are examined for explosives under the hood and in the trunk. They must pass through metal detectors or be wanded for weapons or explosives at several more check points.

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WNU Editor: I am sure the other properties have had their security increased also, especially after these reports .... Mar-a-Lago in the firing line: Iranian presidential adviser posts list of Donald Trump's properties in chilling hint of an attack on his real estate empire - after Iran put an $80million bounty on his head (Daily Mail).

The 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign Is Going To Be A Challenge For The Secret Service

Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner: For the Secret Service, a challenging 2020 campaign awaits

Thousands of President Trump's supporters reveled in the raucous start to his 2020 reelection campaign last night. But around 150 folks in and around Orlando's Amway Center weren't having very much fun at all.

Namely, the agents and officers of the U.S. Secret Service. Because for those public servants and their compatriots across the nation, two factors will make the 2020 campaign a particular protective challenge: scale and emotion.

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WNU Editor: This is always my biggest worry about elections. There are so many nuts in the world who see a politician as a tempting target, and would do the unimaginable for the attention.

U.S. Secret Service Director Fired By The White House

CNN: Trump is removing US Secret Service director

United States Secret Service director Randolph "Tex" Alles is being removed from his position, multiple administration officials tell CNN.

President Donald Trump instructed his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to fire Alles. Alles remains in his position as of now but has been asked to leave.

The USSS director was told two weeks ago there would be a transition in leadership and he was asked to stay on until there was a replacement, according to a source close to the director.

Secret Service officials have been caught by surprise with the news and are only finding out through CNN, according to the source.

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WNU Editor: I think this security breach is what 'broke the camels back" that resulted in his firing .... Democrats demand Mar-a-Lago security review after Secret Service arrests Chinese woman (The Washington Post).

More News On The Firing Of U.S. Secret Service Director Randolph Alles

Secret Service head Alles leaving, career official tapped -- AP
Trump fires U.S. Secret Service chief in another high-level ouster -- Reuters
Trump removes Secret Service director after ousting Kirstjen Nielsen – live -- The Guardian
Trump fires Secret Service chief Randolph Alles: NBC News -- CNBC
Secret Service director to step down, on heels of Nielsen resignation -- FOX News
U.S. Secret Service director stepping down in apparent DHS purge: reports -- NYDaily News
Trump Replacing Secret Service Director After Mar-a-Lago Breach -- NPR

Revealed How The Secret Service Foiled An Assassination Plot Against Trump by ISIS

Daily Beast: How the Secret Service Foiled an Assassination Plot Against Trump by ISIS

A pair of Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Trump open up about the anxieties of their jobs and a pair of credible assassination threats they stopped in Manila.

In November 1996, President Clinton visited Manila for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. Protests raged in the streets, with American flags being burned, so local police closed down many roads, allowing the Secret Service to chart a specific route for the president’s motorcade. As the president and members of his cabinet traveled from their hotel to the first venue of the day, “There was intelligence that came in, and we at the last minute decided to change the motorcade route,” a former Secret Service agent recalls. “It was determined that al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden had placed a bomb along the route in anticipation of the motorcade coming that way.”

Bin Laden had indeed placed a bomb under a bridge, and just before the president’s motorcade was due to cross it, the Secret Service re-routed the vehicle down a side road. President Clinton (codename: “Eagle”) was safe.

Twenty-one years later, there was a plot against President Trump’s life in Manila—a shocking fact revealed in United States Secret Service: On the Front Line, a two-hour special airing on the National Geographic Channel Sunday night that—for the first time—provides viewers with a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the workings of the Secret Service, and the complex measures they take to protect the president of the United States.

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WNU Editor: I can only imagine the threats that President Trump must receive everyday.

President Trump Targeted With The Poison Ricin In A Letter Sent To The White House

Time: Poison Also Found in Letter Sent to President Trump

The Secret Service has confirmed that President Donald Trump also received an envelope containing the poison ricin after the Pentagon discovered two suspicious envelopes that tested positive for the deadly substance.

According to the Secret Service, the envelope was addressed to the President on Oct. 1 but never made it to the White House.

“As a matter of practice, the Secret Service does not comment regarding matters of Protective Intelligence,” the Secret Service said in a statement. “However, in this instance, we can confirm that we are working jointly with our law enforcement partners to fully investigate this matter. Further, all threats directed towards the President, or any Secret Service protectee, are treated seriously and fully investigated.”

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More News On President Trump Being Targeted With The Poison Ricin In A Letter Sent To The White House

Suspected ricin detected in mail sent to Trump, Pentagon -- CNN
Secret Service investigating suspicious letter addressed to Trump -- CBS
Secret Service intercepts suspicious envelope sent to Trump -- BBC
Donald Trump sent suspicious envelope as Pentagon receives suspected ricin packages -- ABC News Online
Suspected lethal substance detected in letters addressed to President Trump and the Pentagon -- NYDaily News
Secret Service intercepts ‘suspicious’ envelope to Trump amid Pentagon ‘ricin parcels’ scare -- RT
What is ricin? -- CNN

U.S. Secret Service Holds First Live On White House Grounds

The Secret Service held a drill on White House grounds Friday, Dec. 22, 2017. CBS News

CBS: Secret Service holds first-ever live drill on White House grounds

WASHINGTON -- Before dawn at the White House Friday, with President Trump inside the residence, a silent night suddenly roared toward daybreak. A Secret Service dog, alarmed by a would-be intruder, rushed the target, part of the first-ever live security drill on White House grounds. The goal is to find problem areas.

In his first network news interview, Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex" Alles told CBS News that agents need to simulate real-time scenarios.

"You fight like you train," Alles said. "Then you need to train like you fight. We're trying to provide realistic training that would be similar to what would happen if there's an emergency on the White House grounds."

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Update: Secret Service Runs First Live White House Drill, Cites Fear of a 'Complex' Suicide Attack (Newsweek)

WNU Editor:  The Secret Service is citing fears of potential complex attacks targeting the White House for this live drill.

Secret Service: Drones And Other High-Tech Weapons Are A Grave Threat To President Trump

Swarms of nano drones (smaller than the ones pictured) could soon be implemented to boost intelligence in US military warfare. iStock

Washington Examiner: 'Swarm attack' from armed drones pose 'grave threat' to Trump

The Secret Service is facing a "grave" threat to President Trump from a new wave of high-tech weapons including armed drones, plastic guns made on 3-D printers and even sophisticated IEDs, according to a new alert issued by a former agent.

"This threat is grave," Dan Bongino told Secrets. The author of a new book on the Secret Service that calls for a seismic change of thinking at the agency, Bongino said terrorists are eager to unleash an attack on their "ultimate prize."

New age threats include weaponized drones delivered in "swarms" that could attack the White House or any place the president is. The problem, he explained, is that the agency's agents and Uniformed Division are trained mostly to stop ground attacks.

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WNU Editor: I am sure that the Secret Service are well aware of these threats .... but the impression that I am getting is that they are not sure that their methods can stop these assassination/terror attempts.

Secret Service To Conduct 'Live Fire' Exercises Near The White House

U.S. Secret Service agents keep watch from the roof of the White House in Washington. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst) / Reuters

Washington Post: “Live Fire” exercise to be held near White House

Gunfire, involving live ammunition, will erupt Saturday near the White House and the Vice President’s residence in a test by the Secret Service.

The agency said it will run a “live fire” calibration of a system that makes it possible to determine exactly when and where shots are fired near the two high-security sites.

In the tests, which will run into early Sunday, shots will be fired into a “bullet trap,” an installation designed to prevent them from going astray. The trap has been tested and validated, according to the agency.

Shooting will be in three-shot increments, the Secret Service said.

From the description, it appears that the system will be similar to shot-spotter technology in use by the D.C. police.

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WNU Editor: I guess they are taking advantage of the situation since President Trump is staying at Camp David this weekend .... Trump holds Camp David Cabinet meeting on Harvey (The Hill).

U.S. Secret Service's Budget Under Strain Protecting President Trump And His Family

Washington Post: Secret Service says it will run out of money to protect Trump and his family Sept. 30

The Secret Service said Monday that it has enough money to cover the cost of protecting President Trump and his family through the end of September, but after that the agency will hit a federally mandated cap on salaries and overtime unless Congress intervenes.

If lawmakers don’t lift the cap, about a third of the agency’s agents would be working overtime without being paid, agency officials said.

“The Secret Service estimates that roughly 1,100 employees will work overtime hours in excess of statutory pay caps during calendar year 2017,” Director Randolph “Tex” Alles said in a statement. “To remedy this ongoing and serious problem, the agency has worked closely with the Department of Homeland Security, the Administration, and the Congress over the past several months to find a legislative solution.”

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More News On The U.S. Secret Service's Budget Being Drained To Protect The President

Exclusive: Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump's frequent travel, large family -- USA Today
Report: Secret Service can't afford to pay agents to protect Trump family -- CBS News
Secret Service can't pay agents for Trump and his family, report says -- CNN
Secret Service: Trump’s Not Our Only Problem -- NBC
Secret Service nearing spending limit for protecting Trump: report -- The Hill
Secret Service says it will run out of budget to protect Trump and his family on September 30 -- The Independent
Secret Service director says agency running out of money protecting Trump -- The Guardian
US Secret Service Says 1,100 Employees Face Unpaid Overtime -- VOA
Secret Service director cleans up comments on Trump travel demands -- Politico
Secret Service having trouble affording Trump family protection – but funding crunch not new -- FOX News

President Trump Appoints A Retired US Marine General To Run The Secret Service

NPR: Trump Names Retired Marine Corps General To Lead Secret Service

President Trump has chosen Randolph "Tex" Alles to lead the U.S. Secret Service, turning to an outsider to head the beleaguered agency tasked with protecting the president and his family.

A retired Marine Corps general, Alles is currently acting deputy commissioner of customs and border protection. He is the first Secret Service director in recent history not to come from within the ranks — a step many congressional critics have said is necessary to remake the service's culture.

The Secret Service faces an array of challenges. Most recently, its budget has been stretched this year as it watches over a president who travels between several residences, in addition to protecting his immediate family, which oversees a worldwide business. And first lady Melania Trump has remained in New York City while the couple's son, Barron, finishes school.

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WNU Editor: President Trump proves again that he likes retired U.S. Marine Generals to run his departments. But if there is an organisation that needs a big cultural and organisational change, it is the Secret Service.

More News On President Trump's Appointment Of Randolph "Tex" Alles To Run The Secret Service

Randolph Alles, Retired General, Is Chosen to Lead Secret Service -- NYT
White House names new Secret Service director -- AP
Trump Picks Marine General, Top Gun Pilot as Secret Service Director -- Military.com
Trump picks veteran Marine general to lead Secret Service -- Military Times
Trump Taps Outsider to Lead Secret Service -- US News and World Report
Retired Gen. Randolph 'Tex' Alles to lead Secret Service -- UPI
Trump Looks To A Marine General To Oversee The Secret Service -- Task & Purpose

In A First, The Next Secret Service Director Will Be From The U.S. Military

Washington Examiner: Exclusive: Secret Service braces for 'outsider' director from the military

The Secret Service is bracing for the impending appointment of a new director with a senior military rank, the first time an agency chief would come from outside the service in modern history.

Agents and officers are expecting Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a retired Marine general and former head of U.S. Central Command, to tap another general to head the Secret Service and help reform the agency and impose more rigorous and even-handed discipline, according to two knowledgeable sources.

President Trump's appointment of a general to the top Secret Service post, at the behest of Kelly, is expected to take place soon – with employees anticipating an announcement some time in the next week. Former Director Joseph Clancy retired from the agency for a second time March 3, and acting director William Callahan has taken on the top leadership role over the last three weeks in his absence.

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WNU Editor: The new Secret Service Director is going to be faced with a lot of issues .... from handling discipline issues .... Suspended Secret Service Agent Who Said She Wouldn't Take A Bullet For Trump Removed From Top Post (Townhall), to his Department's budget .... Secret Service requested $60M budget increase to protect Trump, family: report (The Hill).

Former Secret Service: President Trump No Longer Safe In White House

FOX News: President Trump no longer safe in White House: Former Secret Service agent

The president is no longer safe on the White House grounds, according to former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino, who once guarded presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Bongino made the stunning assessment in an interview Friday with Fox News. It followed an incident last Friday night when a man jumped the White House fence and may have roamed the property for as long as 15 minutes before he was stopped by the Secret Service.

Jonathan Tran, who carried two cans of mace, set off multiple alarms, Bongino said, and was even spotted by Secret Service officers, but was still able to come within “close proximity” of the White House and even reportedly “jiggled the door” to the executive mansion.

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WNU Editor: When I read of security lapses like this .... Secret Service: White House jumper was captured after more than 15 minutes (CNN). More here .... White House intruder, 26, scaled the fence and eluded Secret Service officers for more than SIXTEEN MINUTES before he was found with two cans of mace (Daily Mail). And the this .... Secret Service laptop, pins, radio stolen (Politico). More here .... Laptop holding Trump Tower floor plans, Hillary Clinton email investigation info stolen from Secret Service agent (NYDaily News). Coupled this with an incredibly negative and disrespectful media that can only feed God knows what in the minds of those who are already disturbed and can be easily driven to the unthinkable .... one has to be worried. I mentioned after his election that as an outsider who has been given a mandate to "overturn" the system .... he is going to ruffle those who have been very happy with the status quo that existed under President Obama, and that he better triple his security detail. But apparently this has not happened.

President-Elect Trump's Personal Bodyguard Gets A Top White House Job

Politico: Trump taps private security director for White House job

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped his private security director, Keith Schiller, to be deputy assistant to the president and his director of Oval Office operations, confirming that he’ll bring at least one member of his personal security detail with him to the White House.

Schiller has worked with Trump since 1999, when the real estate mogul hired him as a part-time bodyguard. He now leads his private security force, a group that recently drew some scrutiny when POLITICO reported that Trump had opted to continuing using it after the election.

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Update: Trump Gives His Personal Bodyguard Top Oval Office Job (People)

WNU Editor: President-elect Trump obviously trusts his personal bodyguard. The Secret Service is saying that President-elect Trumps private security team will not be a problem .... US Secret Service Chief Denies Conflict With Trump's Private Security Team (Sputnik).