so trump and carson are getting ss protection

[restorefreedom]

but not bernie?

hillary already has it so she is ok. just heard on shep smith that trump has "big crowd rallies" and is vulnerable. hellooooooo!! anyone been to a sanders rally lately?

link...
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/secret-service-to-protect-carson-and-trump.html

this will involve a dozen agents...so they get a dozen, hillary already has protection and bernie gets squat? wtf??

[azmom]

1. WTF?

[restorefreedom]

4. just heard on fox

yeah i know, fox. but i trust shep.

and i added a link to the op

[azmom]

5. If it's true, Bernie better get it too, or

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We are going to raise hell. No way they should be getting it and not Bernie.

[restorefreedom]

7. that will mean

that three of the four frontrunning candidates have it and one will not.

yeah, that doesn't look biased at all.......

[juajen]

29. I so agree! I want Bernie to have it asap.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. I believe it's because Trump and Carson have received threats

Bernie has not, as least none that I'm aware of.

[restorefreedom]

6. do we really believe,

threat or no threat, that some knuckle dragger would not like to do something to the first "commie presnint"?

[Cali_Democrat]

8. The campaigns also have to officially request it

Trump and Carson both requested it.

Maybe Bernie has received threats also. I wouldn't know because I don't work for the FBI or Homeland Security.

Has Bernie's campaign officially requested secret service protection?

[restorefreedom]

10. i have not read that the campaign has made a request

whatever the technicalities are about requesting protection, it looks like shit that three out of the four top candidates on the two sides are getting it in one isn't. As the pundits would say, the optics are terrible.

[Cali_Democrat]

11. Hillary has it because she's the former first lady. She will have it for life

Both Carson and Trump requested it.

You seem to be looking for a conspiracy, but there's no there there.

[restorefreedom]

13. no conspiracy

hillarys protection has been in place for sometime. But the fact that these two guys are going to get it and Bernie isn't looks like shit, no conspiracy needed. If three of the four top candidates are going to get protection and one isn't, that looks like shit and it looks like the country is not interested in protecting ONE of the four people who is likely to become the next president. And if we actually think that there is not some wacko out there wanting to do harm to Bernie,we are kidding ourselves.

[PoliticAverse]

27. "The campaigns also have to officially request it" - no they don't. n/t

[NCTraveler]

3. Link? No way Trump should be getting it.

I can understand why Carson would need it. Trump said he was self-funding. We know for a fact that is a lie. He could at least flip the bill for his protection at this point.

[WillyT]

9. More From BusinessInsider:

Link: http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-ben-carson-secret-service

[Cheese Sandwich]

12. Maybe he doesn't want it. They put ropes around you so you can't talk to the people

And for some creative speculation, maybe the Clinton's have friends in the Secret Service who might overhear some secret strategy and repeat it.

[restorefreedom]

14. they could at least have a couple of guys

hell they can dress them up like hipster millennial's if they want so they blend in. But something.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. When it's clear he's going to win the Primaries,

that's when he MUST get SS protection, stay off all private planes and only eat food from places he trusts- though any public restaurant could be dangerous.

At this point, Bernie probably doesn't want to waste taxpayers' money.

[brooklynite]

17. "only eat food from places he trusts"?

Getting a little worked up, are we?

[Fawke Em]

21. He already stays off private planes.

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. I know, but

The SS may insist he not fly commercial - too many people. He needs to stand his ground on that. Not that taking down a commercial flight would mean anything to some people.

[juajen]

30. I think he needs it now.

I'm worried about him, and do not want him vulnerable.

[in_cog_ni_to]

31. Well, while he's not a big threat to the Oligarchs,

he should be alright. I just read some down-thread posts saying they think he has SS now, so if that's true, I'm happy. Though I don't see SS with him in any of the pics of him at the various airports.

[brooklynite]

16. I'm guessing you don't want him to...and neither does he

Having SS protection means a lot more control over where Sanders goes, how he engages crowds, etc. Do you want his free-wheeling campaign style hemmed in?

[restorefreedom]

19. its not about what i want

although I certainly want him protected, at some point it won't even be about what he wants. There are currently four people who have the best odds of being the next president. Three of them are now going to have Secret Service protection. Whether he wants it or not, at some point this is going to need to be evened out.

[in_cog_ni_to]

24. I want him protected WHEN IT'S CLEAR HE'S GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE.

Because there are people who don't want him to be the nominee and I'm not talking about regular citizens here. The people live him. The Establishment Elites? Not so much. They have a lot to lose and the power to take him down.

[sadoldgirl]

18. I am not sure that he does not have it already.

When I attended the rally in Boulder, there were certainly
3 or 4 guys, who looked like it. Now, perhaps CU paid for that
protection, but they certainly looked and acted like SS. I have
seen those kind of people before,when I attended a rally for
B Clinton. Also at that particular rally our bags were searched,
and we were "body-scanned".

However, that was one rally only.

[peacebird]

20. In Virginia there were men dressed like the SS with their telltale wires from communications

equipment surveying the site at UVA. Sure looked like SS to me, used to see them a lot when I lived in NoVa.

[winter is coming]

23. Um... are the agents protecting Trump and Carson from the public or the other way around? n/t

[restorefreedom]

25. bwbhahahahaha there wont be enough agents

to protect us from their craziness...

there would have to be a dedicated unit just to keep his hair from wacking someone!

[gopiscrap]

26. Doesn't Sanders have to formally request ss protection

[PoliticAverse]

28. No, the President is empowered to grant it to anyone, no formal request is required. n/t

[onenote]

32. Actually, there is a formal statutory process for extending protection to presidential candidates

(a) Under the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect the following persons:
.....
(7) Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and, within 120 days of the general Presidential election, the spouses of such candidates. As used in this paragraph, the term “major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates” means those individuals identified as such by the Secretary of Homeland Security after consultation with an advisory committee consisting of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and one additional member selected by the other members of the committee. The Committee shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2).

According to the Secret Service, criteria have been established to assist the DHS Secretary and the advisory committee in their decision making (as of 2008). Candidates must:
◦ Be publically 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

[PoliticAverse]

33. That's correct, but outside of that process the President is empowered by law

to provide Secret Service protection to anyone he designates.

In addition the Secretary of Homeland Security can provide early protection to a candidate
as was the case for then candidate Obama, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/us/politics/04obama.html?_r=0

[onenote]

34. THe process by which Obama was given protection is the process outlined in the statute I cited.

The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, authorized the protection for Mr. Obama after consulting with a Congressional advisory committee that reviews security for presidential hopefuls.

It's extremely unlikely that the President would simply order protection for a presidential candidate and thereby bypass the statutory process.

While Bernie doesn't have to request protection, that's generally the process followed.