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17 January 2008

New York Times, January 15, 2008:

Mr. Obama and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, are the only presidential candidates who have Secret Service protection.

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7 January 2008

http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/NATION/415598644/1001

Obama Gets Beefed-Up Protection

By Joseph Curl

January 7, 2008

[Excerpts]

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Secret Service presence has increased for Sen. Barack Obama since his dramatic win in Iowa, amid fears over the safety of the man seeking to become America's first black president.

The Illinois senator's security now rivals that of President Bush, with a dozen Secret Service agents wearing dark suits and earpieces leading bomb-sniffing dogs through event venues, sweeping all equipment brought by journalists and flanking the candidate as he plunges into crowds of supporters.

Mr. Obama, who reportedly resisted asking for Secret Service protection but personally requested a detail of agents after friends insisted, has been under federal watch since early last year. No one will say whether he has received an explicit death threat — his campaign said yesterday only that "we don't comment on security" — but officials have tracked racist chatter on white-supremacist Web sites.

The Internet is rife with theories that someone may try to assassinate the senator — typing into Google "assassinate Obama" brings up more than 2,000 hits. Anyone from Islamist terrorists to racist Americans to operatives of Halliburton and Blackwater are speculated about, but other, more nefarious Web sites are for real, according to reports from the Associated Press.

At his first morning event yesterday, at least a dozen plainclothes Secret Service agents, most with yellow pins on their lapels, stood guard in and around the Palace Theater, and, unlike other candidates touring the state, uniformed police were also on hand. The theater was emptied early so bomb-detecting dogs could sweep through, and journalists covering the event were corralled for inspection.

5 January 2008

US Secret Service

Protective Mission: http://www.secretservice.gov/protection.shtml
Headquarters: http://eyeball-series.org/sshq/sshq-eyeball.htm
Training Academy: http://eyeball-series.org/usssbig-eyeball.htm
Technical Security Division: http://eyeball-series.org/sstsd/sstsd-eyeball.htm

Obama Protection Based on a review of AP photos from December 2007 to January 6, 2008, no other presidential candidate is being protected as carefully as Obama. The Secret Service is clearly worried, and may have information on threats. Secret Service agents never smile, never look at Obama, only the crowd. Up to five are now closely surrounding Obama, with more in the crowd and in the background, some likely under cover. The USSS Counter Sniper Squad may be on nearby roofs. Obama transport vehicles are armored. Protection against possible sabotage of aircraft is unknown -- recall Senator Wellstone.
AP Photos and Captions
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, walks away flanked by a bodyguard, right, and a campaign staffer, after speaking with reporters during a brief impromptu interview given while he was taking some days off from his campaign, at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, in Great Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Tuesday, March 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands after he speaks at a town hall meeting in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands with the crowd before he speaks at a town hall meeting in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands after speaking at a town hall meeting in Medford, Ore., Saturday, March 22, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands after speaking at a town hall meeting in Salem, Ore., Friday, March 21, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with attendees at the Salem Armory in Salem, Ore. after his "Stand for Change" Town Hall Meeting Friday, March 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Statesman Journal, Lori Cain)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., waves after stopping at Murads' Sports Bar in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., center, shakes hands with Sen. Jay Rockefeller D-W.Va., as he steps off the plane in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, March 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands with a supporter as he prepares to board a plane at the airport in Fayetteville, N.C., Wednesday, March 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands with the overflow crowd outside prior to speaking about Iraq and national security, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, at Fayetteville Technical Community College in Fayetteville, N.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to the overflow crowd at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss. Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., gets in the car after speaking at a town hall meeting at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Miss., Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., jogs across the street to shake hands with people after stopping at the Little Dooey restaurant for lunch in Columbus, Miss., Monday, March 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., walks across a parking lot to shake hands with people after stopping at the Little Dooey restaurant for lunch in Columbus, Miss., Monday, March 10, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., shakes hands after speaking at a town hall meeting in Casper, Wyo., Friday, March 7, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., orders lunch at Johnny J's Diner in Casper, Wyo., Friday, March 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., gets in his car upon arrival in Casper, Wyo. Friday, March 7, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)	A security team keeps a look out before Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., speaks at an election night rally in San Antonio, Texas Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at the airport in San Antonio, Texas Tuesday, March 4, 2008, the day of the Texas presidential primary election. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)	[One of the few photos showing Secret Service protection for Michelle Obama.] Michelle Obama, wife of democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. greets supporters after speaking at a campaign rally for her husband at The Grand 1894 Opera House in Galveston on Monday Feb. 25, 2008. Obama made three stops in Texas on Monday speaking in Beaumont, Galveston and Houston. (AP Photo/ The Galveston County Daily News, Kevin M.Cox) ** MANDATORY CREDIT. NO SALES. MAGS OUT. TV OUT **
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., walks around greeting people during the Livestock Show and Rodeo 2008 in Houston, Texas, Tuesday, March 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., tours the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo 2008, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Houston. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) greets supporters at a rally Monday, March 3, 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters following his address to a town hall for Dallas area students and families Monday, March 3, 2008, in Carrollton, Texas. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a outdoor rally Saturday, March. 1, 2008, in Providence, R.I.. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to supporters following his outdoor rally Saturday, March. 1, 2008, in Providence, R.I.. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters during an outdoor rally Saturday, March. 1, 2008, in Providence, R.I.. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters following his address at a rally Saturday, March. 1, 2008, in Providence, R.I.. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters during a outdoor rally Saturday, March. 1, 2008, in Providence, R.I.. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., greets supporters during a rally Saturday, March. 1, 2008, in Providence, R.I.. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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