The Secret Service scandal(s)?

I was stunned by the fact that this person got into the White House in the first place! But then to find out how far into the building he got? Unbelievable! What if he'd been a terrorist and planted a bomb? Or shot one of the First Family, had they been in residence? These are not far-fetched possibilities in our day and age.


What is going on with the Secret Service?

I don't understand how anyone can support the head of the SS after all of the blunders of late. Their job is to protect the President and his family. They have failed to do so several times of late. Time for some changes from the head of SS on down. Heads need to roll before something happens and someone gets hurt or killed. They have become to lax in their jobs.

I tend to be a bit of let them sort it out kind of girl-when they found the agents with hookers, I was willing to let the agency take care of the consequences. But it sure does seem that the agency as a whole either needs new leadership (again) or needs to be completely reorganized as it pertains to Presidential protection. They seem to be having some real problems.





Perhaps you don't care for the current administration, but I would assume that you would want the issues taken care of prior to a President that you do like?

Well it is understandable that they would defend her, she was appointed by Obama.  Unfortunately a lot of his appointees just haven't been up to the job and this one is no exception.  She needs to go and the SS needs a top to bottom overhaul.  Things like this just should not be happening.

She was appointed Director of the Secret Service in 2013. What ever the problems are in the SS they started long before she came on the scene. To assume one person can step into an organization like the SS root out all the problems and fix them in a period of 1 year is stupid.

Thanks for saying this, Jodster. I'm the same way, but on the other side of the aisle. My husband and I did not vote for President Bush. But the day some friends of ours were making jokes about the village missing their idiot, I made very clear that I didn't want to hear any of that. I just think that the office of president deserves some respect whether or not you agree with the policies of the current president. I hate that politics has dissolved into playground name-calling and bullying. On both sides.

Thanks for saying that Jodster.  I think this whole thing is ridiculous and would think the same if it had happened with Bush in office. 

I heard a story on the radio and the person said that Michelle Obama was furious - I would hate to be the SS dealing with a mad mama bear! It must be so hard to be president and worry about your kids. Now add in these crazy incidents. There was also somebody who fired shots at the White House and it was not followed up at the time (somebody said it was just a car backfiring).  A few days later a maid found shattered glass in a room and bullets lodged in the window frame/wall (can't remember which).  I hope they fix whatever needs to be fixed.

Utterly unacceptable. Their job is to protect the president. Heads should roll.

I think that this is unkind.

Regardless of whether or not you like the current President, his administration or political ideology, he IS our current leader and we-as a country-need him to be protected. Whatever issues the Secret Service has must be addressed as we will continue to have presidents that need to be protected in the future.

Perhaps one of those future presidents will be more to your liking, and when that happens, I would assume that you will want he/she and his/her family to be the safest they can possibly be.

WT everlovin' F??

There is something seriously wrong with you.

The more I think about this the more I am not overly bothered. Should he be protected? YES.
But then I get to thinking why should I have to be in elevators with people carrying concealed
and open weapons and not the people making the laws? Why do I have to sit in theaters with people
carrying? Or eating in restaurants?

I haven't been follow the news so this is my first time hearing it. What is going on over there!!!

And ITA with Jody.

What an unAmerican thing to say - so disrespectful and smug.

Haven't heard about the elevator incident -- the prostitutes and then the man getting into the WH are enough to make me go there are VERY SERIOUS issues about them not taking their job seriously. I know that the constant security must get tiring for the President and those who surround him (family, coworkers, etc) but for another group at the WH to shut off alarm systems because they were annoying? I think that some of the blame lies inside the WH itself with the group that complained. And if it were a system problem/malfunctioning, they should have gotten the system fixed rather than shutting it off.

I am not a huge fan of the current President but think he should be protected because of who and what he is. Can you imagine the issues/unrest/civil uprising we would have if he were assassinated?