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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lawdog who wrote (104842)	12/7/2000 8:46:49 PM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

Do you realize how deranged you sound?

To: lawdog who wrote (104842)	12/7/2000 8:55:00 PM
From: Don Pueblo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Actually, I have noticed that! I think you're onto something! The last time I saw Bush on television, I noticed there was a UFO in the background. Did you notice that? A round one, looked like a big cigar. Longhorns, they was. Or was they shorthorns? And that writing on the side of his house. Did you notice that? If you look at the shadows on the clapboard right behind Colin Powell, you can see the words "I am a dorkfish" right there on the side of the house as clear as day. I get my socks at K Mart. I'm an excellent driver.

To: lawdog who wrote (104842)	12/7/2000 10:13:16 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Are you sure of your "facts?" I believe I heard that Bush didn't have the Secret Service agents assigned to him as yet, as he hadn't been announced the President Elect (yet)....Could you give us a link or something else to check to see if he has actually been assigned Secret Service agents by the US Government?

To: lawdog who wrote (104842)	12/7/2000 10:39:54 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Yes, They have Secret Service agents...But could you tell us where you are seeing them where you think the behavior is different... Here are a couple of the links I found... usajobs.opm.gov U.S. Secret Service Not Exactly Your Typical Job The U.S. Secret Service was created on July 5, 1865, as a federal bureau under the Department of Treasury. At that time, its main function and purpose was to suppress the counterfeiting of U. S. Currency. In 1901, the functions of the U.S. Secret Service were expanded to include the important responsibility of protecting the President of the United States. This responsibility has since been extended to: Presidential immediate family. Vice President and immediate family. Former Presidents and spouses for life and their children until age 16. Visiting heads of foreign States and Governments and spouses traveling with them. Major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and spouses. U.S. Secret Service investigative responsibilities also expanded. In addition to investigating counterfeiting, many more investigative areas were added. These included investigating financial crimes relating to banks, access devices (to include credit/debit cards), computers, telecommunications, and telemarketing. ********** senate.gov Q: What are the duties of the U.S. Secret Service? A: Founded in 1865, the original mission of this federal law enforcement entity did not include shadowing the leader of the free world. Instead, it was first established to investigate counterfeiting of U.S. currency. By the end of the Civil War, officials estimated that one-third to one-half of currency in circulation at that time was fraudulent. So, the Secret Service set up shop under the umbrella of the U.S. Treasury Department. Today it continues its investigative mission to protect the integrity of the nation's financial system by rooting out financial criminal activity. This includes counterfeiting of currency; forgery or theft of U.S. Treasury checks, bonds or other securities; credit card fraud; and identity fraud. Following the assassination of President William McKinley in Buffalo, NY, Congress expanded its mission to include presidential protection. For nearly 100 years, the Secret Service has provided official security detail for the President of the United States. More recently, the Secret Service has lent its expertise to school administrators across the country to help troubleshoot the increasing incidence of school violence. Today the organization employees about 5,000 agents, officers and support staff. Q: Do presidential candidates receive protection? A: Yes. Following the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, Congress expanded the protection arena to include major presidential candidates. So, in a presidential election year the Secret Service is an extraordinarily busy law enforcement organization. In addition to its primary responsibility to protect the current president, the agency also is tasked with providing protection for the president's family; the Vice President and his family; former presidents and their spouses; children of former presidents until age 16; visiting heads of state; major presidential and vice presidential candidates and their spouses; and the President- and Vice President-Elect. In 1997, a new law took effect that gives former presidents Secret Service protection for ten years after leaving office. Before that, former presidents and their spouses were guaranteed lifetime protection unless they declined. That means President Clinton will be the last president eligible to receive lifetime protection.