Campaign Puts New Strain on Secret Service

So I seeded this article from the Washington Post on my newsvine blog as well because I thought it was so interesting. Check it out here

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.

I had not previously realized that potential presidents needed that much protection–especially from the secret service–before being elected.

Its $110 million-plus budget for campaign protection — two-thirds more than the record $65 million it spent for the 2004 election — was prepared when the service did not expect to be guarding Obama or anyone else until January.

-Ashley