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Wouldn't you say that a Secret Service agent providing private information (Original Post) virtualobserver Jul 2015 OP
what is this about? KT2000 Jul 2015 #1
I don't really want to discuss the actual event virtualobserver Jul 2015 #4
I hadn't thought to make a moral comparison. LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #2
It is unfortunately not a virtual exercise virtualobserver Jul 2015 #5
Salacious sells, I guess. LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #7
This SS reflects the respect black people have in our country. joshcryer Jul 2015 #3
I've never worried more about a President and this virtualobserver Jul 2015 #6
I worry, too. MBS Jul 2015 #8

KT2000

(20,583 posts)
1. what is this about?
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:27 AM
Jul 2015

who did this?
I remember when James Fallows wrote an article called "The Passionless President" about President Carter just after he left his job as a speechwriter for Carter. He still makes me sick for doing that.

There is a serious problem with the Secret Service. It is my understanding some are RW and hate the President.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
4. I don't really want to discuss the actual event
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:35 AM
Jul 2015

It is out there on the web if you want to search for it.

I just feel that Secret Service agents should not be allowed to reveal anything personal about a current or past President or about family members generally.
It is incredibly unfair....

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
2. I hadn't thought to make a moral comparison.
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:31 AM
Jul 2015

Is this a virtual exercise? or are we speaking of things I should know about and don't? Too many of those, I know.

LiberalAndProud

(12,799 posts)
7. Salacious sells, I guess.
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:49 AM
Jul 2015

It seems to be a reflection of the times we live in. For over a century domestic staff remained circumspect about their employers' doings. In our time Kate Brower's book broke with that tradition. I think the same may be the case for the secret service. People don't seem to value discretion as they once did. Maybe these sorts of books serve to replace the back fence gossip we used to engage in. I don't know.

joshcryer

(62,276 posts)
3. This SS reflects the respect black people have in our country.
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:33 AM
Jul 2015

I am not using hyperbole here. Never seen an SS in my life so incompetent.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
6. I've never worried more about a President and this
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:43 AM
Jul 2015

is the kind of Secret Service that we have in place to protect him.

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