Secret Service Strained By Too Many '08 Candidates

That's alright take them away from Georgie, Cheney, and Rice.

Washington Post Spencer S. Hsu May 29, 2007 09:40 AM
The U.S. Secret Service expects to borrow more than 2,000 immigration officers and federal airport screeners next year to help guard an ever-expanding field of presidential candidates, while shifting 250 of its own agents from investigations to security details.
Burdened by the White House's wartime security needs, the persistent threat of terrorism and a field of at least 20 presidential contenders, the Secret Service was showing signs of strain even before the Department of Homeland Security ordered protection for Sen. Barack...

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