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25 May 2008. Updated.

24 May 2008

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Related: United States Secret Service 2004 Campaign Operational Guide: http://www.governmentattic.org/docs/SS-2004CampaignOperationalGuide.pdf (83 pp, 2MB) In this photo series, up to 11 Secret Service agents guard Obama, facing crowds, hands usually held waist-to-chest-high, coats open, never smiling. Any hands laid on Obama are quickly removed. Agents close at hand are supplemented with others in the crowd and snipers overlooking (one shown at right below carrying two weapon cases and cartridges with other gear).

Associated Press Photos and Captions
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at commencement at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, May 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson) [Secret Service agents at the building roof parapet from a Weslayan blog (http://wesleying.blogspot.com/): Hi-res: http://tinyurl.com/62pc92	Future graduates and families are reflected in glass panels as police keep a look out on a rooftop at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, May 25, 2008. Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., filled in for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., as the university's speaker. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves to the crowd at commencement at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, May 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks during commencement at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Sunday, May 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talks with a secret service agent as he takes a walk with supporters during a campaign stop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. Obama visited Puerto Rico ahead of the June 1 primary. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)	A security agent arrives to take up a position before the arrival of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for a campaign stop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. Obama visited Puerto Rico ahead of the June 1 primary. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with people in a crowd during a campaign stop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. Obama visited Puerto Rico ahead of the June 1 primary. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)	Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., shakes hands with a man as he took a walk during a campaign stop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. Obama visited Puerto Rico ahead of the June 1 primary. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves during a rally in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves during a rally in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to a crowd during a campaign stop in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. Obama visited Puerto Rico ahead of the June 1 primary. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., takes questions from veterans groups in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Saturday, May 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at a rally in Sunrise, Fla., Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)	Supporters reach to shake the hand of Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., after he spoke to a campaign rally in Sunrise, Fla. Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo by J. Pat Carter)
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., holds a child, handed over the fence from the crowd, after a campaign rally in Sunrise, Fla. Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo by J. Pat Carter)	Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., arrives at a rally in Sunrise, Fla., Friday, May 23, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)	Part 2 Part 3 Part 4