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Secret Service not good enough for Trump?

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Donald J. Trump keeps breaking with established norms, even as he prepares to become president of the United States.

For example, as the president-elect, Trump is beingĀ provided the best security in the world, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Secret Service agents are at his disposal 24/7.

However, Trump is continuing to employ private security officials at those rallies. They are using aggressive tactics to quell protestors who occasionally have their voices heard at Trump rallies.

Is this the right thing to do? Is this appropriate for a president-elect who’s already being guarded by the finest publicly paid security service in the world?

I think not.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/donald-trump-security-force-232797

Security officials are concerned that use of the private officers puts Trump and his staff — and his family — at heightened risk. One official noted that the presence of the private security agents creates potential confusion among the Secret Service detail assigned to protect the president-elect and his family.

So, why doesn’t Trump simply rely on the security protocol that taxpayers will be funding?

These folks are damn good at what they do, Mr. President-elect.

Even worse than White House fence-jumper

Good grief! The more I hear about this one, the worse it gets for the Secret Service.

And this case is far worse than some guy jumping the White House fence and bursting into the president’s residence.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/30/politics/obama-cdc-security-breach/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

It turns out that a convicted felon, carrying a firearm, rode an elevator with President Obama while the president as in Atlanta to speak to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

How on God’s Earth does someone with a criminal record, packing heat, walk aboard an elevator with the Leader of the Free World without the Secret Service knowing it?

What’s more, the Secret Service didn’t even tell the president about it until several days later.

I’m more glad than ever that Julia Pierson quit today as head of the security agency.

More heads ought to roll before this matter shakes out.