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Related: About this forumCriteria for Bernie to get Secret Service protection
http://www.secretservice.gov/about/faqs/
The Secret Service DOES NOT determine who qualifies for protection, nor is the Secret Service empowered to independently initiate candidate protection.
Under 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7), "[m]ajor Presidential and Vice Presidental candidates," as identified by the Secretary of Homeland Security, are eligible for Secret Service protection.
Title 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7) authorizes the U.S. Secret Service to provide protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates:
Protection is authorized by the DHS Secretary after consultation with the Congressional Advisory Committee
The Congressional Advisory Committee includes: Speaker of the House, House Minority Leader, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, and one additional member selected by the others
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
Title 18 U.S.C.' 3056(a)(7) states that the U.S. Secret Service is also authorized to protect spouses of major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, as identified by the DHS Secretary, within 120 days of the general Presidential election. Some candidates have received protection earlier in the campaign pursuant to Presidential memoranda.
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Criteria for Bernie to get Secret Service protection (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Nov 2015
OP
That is great to know. Thanks for tracking down that info, as I had been wondering about it myself
99th_Monkey
Nov 2015
#1
Candidates need to request SS protection according to info. in an OP in *LBN now,
appalachiablue
Nov 2015
#7
Does he want protection and how does Secret Service interface with flying coach?
merrily
Nov 2015
#6
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)1. That is great to know. Thanks for tracking down that info, as I had been wondering about it myself
Seems Bernie is more than qualified, on all points mentioned in the OP.
Omaha Steve
(99,691 posts)2. I had to look it up in the GD-P Forum
I had already given a correct answer and had to back it up. Hillary has SS protection for life.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027307851#post31
bbgrunt
(5,281 posts)3. So why doesn't Bernie have it?
SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)4. I've been asking this for months
I even sent a request to Obama to look into it. Nothing in reply.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)5. Does he have to request it himself?
If so, he may not feel that he needs it?
appalachiablue
(41,168 posts)7. Candidates need to request SS protection according to info. in an OP in *LBN now,
'US Secret Service Authorized for Trump, Carson, ABC News', Reuters, Nov. 5.
Hillary has SS protection. Bernie should also have it as has been brought up here for months. I hope he gets it, soon.
merrily
(45,251 posts)6. Does he want protection and how does Secret Service interface with flying coach?
'Cause, ya know, he's a politician just like any other candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination who flies coach on a commercial airline.