Secret Service veterans are grumbling about the Trump administration’s repeated insistence that it’s logistically easier for law enforcement to secure Trump resorts when the president and vice president travel
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Any familiarity the Secret Service has with a protected location, he added, “is the result of extensive planning” by the agents, “which isn’t necessarily location-centric but based on a proven protective methodology.” Pence took that approach on Tuesday, insisting that his stay at a Trump resort during a trip to Ireland this week provides a "logical" accommodation for his visit to his mother's ancestral homeland.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.“The Secret Service is capable of providing protection anywhere and anytime as it has over its history including under arduous circumstances like combat zones,” said Mihalek, now the Executive Director of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association.
He also cautioned that just because the Secret Service has been to a location in the past doesn't make it easier to secure again. "In fact, it can make it harder because complacency kills," he said. "The moment you become complacent, the potential for someone to get harmed is much greater."
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