“The Secret Service has to admit they didn’t question Ted Nugent because he hinted that he might shoot the President. They questioned him because he once wrote a song called “Wang Dang Sweet Poontang” and they wanted to know where they might find some, and how much it cost.”

Bill Maher

“A couple of knuckleheads shouldn’t detract from what they do. What these guys were thinking, I don’t know. That’s why they’re not there anymore.”

Pres. Obama, in an interview that will air tonight on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” says ‘a couple of knuckleheads’ shouldn’t detract from work of Secret Service - The Washington Post
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“When boys want to start dating them, they are going to be surrounded by men with guns.”

President Obama, saying that if he is re-elected in 2012, his gift to daughters Sasha and Malia will be a continuation of Secret Service protection; in 2008, he promised them a puppy. - Time
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Inside the Secret Service - Marc Ambinder - The Atlantic

When President Obama and two-thirds of the world’s leaders gather in New York City, it is up to the U.S. Secret Service to keep them all safe. Granted unprecedented access, our author tells the story of how the agency pulls off the most complicated security event of the year, from counter-surveillance to counter-assault, hotel booking to event scheduling.

High-res “In Obama, we have a president with a very unique personality who likes to be out with the people. Put that together with the political atmosphere of these times that is highly partisan and vitriolic, then include race, and we’ve got a big challenge. There’s no margin for error.” -  Joseph Petro, head of global security for Citigroup. Inside the world of Obama’s secret-service bodyguards: Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history. But who wants to kill him? And how likely are they to succeed? The Guardian

“In Obama, we have a president with a very unique personality who likes to be out with the people. Put that together with the political atmosphere of these times that is highly partisan and vitriolic, then include race, and we’ve got a big challenge. There’s no margin for error.” -  Joseph Petro, head of global security for Citigroup.

Inside the world of Obama’s secret-service bodyguards:

Protecting the US president has presented the secret service with the greatest challenge in its history. But who wants to kill him? And how likely are they to succeed?

The Guardian

A summary of a secret 2003 report obtained by The Washington Post, along with descriptions of more recent incidents by federal homeland security officials, places Tareq and Michaele Salahi squarely in a rogues’ gallery of autograph hounds, publicity seekers, unstable personalities and others identified by the Secret Service as defeating its checkpoints at least 91 times since 1980.

- Secret Service counts 91 breaches

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