Utterly ridiculous but I guess, unsurprising. Apart from the fact that nobody in Congress is even asking the big questions. Hunting for bullet casings but not asking where the existing budget goes. That sounds kinda suspicious.
The big picture here is that the Secret Service was created in the Civil war to counter counterfeiting. It wasn't until McKinley was shot (1901) that they acquired the role of protecting politicians.. Sounds like a typical bureaucracy – just keep adding functions.
I guess it was too much to expect they might do something rational like move financial crime back to the Treasury, or hand their new counter terrorist responsibilities over to the FBI.
The overall problem with every agency is that they have crossovers with other agencies plus every agency is attempting to get deeper into our personal life.
The crossover allows for obfuscation of the root cause of any problem. Just look at the assassination attempt, fingers are pointing at different agencies saying it was “their” mistake and not ours. The interim Director was second in charge of the Secret Service and he didn’t know Jack S**t during his testimony.
We must ensure funding to protect Hunter’s massive hog.
Time to contact our Senators and Representatives to bring this overspending to their attention. They need to know we are watching (via Ken).
Glad you found the article helpful, Ashe
About a day after the PA "event", I wrote: "Watch as NO ONE is fired." One resignation, no firings, SS budget increased.
Let us see where our recently resigned SS head ends up working next and take a hard look at any changes to her personal finances?
The Director did resign but not expected much more than that!
Utterly ridiculous but I guess, unsurprising. Apart from the fact that nobody in Congress is even asking the big questions. Hunting for bullet casings but not asking where the existing budget goes. That sounds kinda suspicious.
Yeah the inability of the media to focus on the big picture is frustrating. I haven't seen a single article raise the issue of their mission creep
Do you have any access to the staffs of the hearing members to suggest these questions?
Yes and I have but they invariably prefer partisan red meat instead
Now we will have higher paid incompetence. If the Korean Gangs in East LA ran the Secret Service there wouldn’t be ANY problems.
The big picture here is that the Secret Service was created in the Civil war to counter counterfeiting. It wasn't until McKinley was shot (1901) that they acquired the role of protecting politicians.. Sounds like a typical bureaucracy – just keep adding functions.
Exactly
I guess it was too much to expect they might do something rational like move financial crime back to the Treasury, or hand their new counter terrorist responsibilities over to the FBI.
National security agencies have this peculiar tendency to never get any smaller
Sad but true. It seems to be an iron historical rule.
Ken, first... excellent piece!
The overall problem with every agency is that they have crossovers with other agencies plus every agency is attempting to get deeper into our personal life.
The crossover allows for obfuscation of the root cause of any problem. Just look at the assassination attempt, fingers are pointing at different agencies saying it was “their” mistake and not ours. The interim Director was second in charge of the Secret Service and he didn’t know Jack S**t during his testimony.
“ Meet the new boss, same as the old boss”
Glad you found it helpful!