But then airports do that routinely

These seem to be overall statistics. Not clear on specific items...

Again, my main question is whether the people targeted are even under the protection of the sercet service

Because that could be an indicator of why it's bigger news than usual

If the secret service are dealing with it all the time, and something doesnt go through them, then its a higher likelyhood of something not being caught

Yes, I want overall stats.

I want to know how frequently SS encounters incidents of this severity.

I want to know if this really is such an extraordinary event or they picked one out of dozens/hundreds to feed the media before the election.

But are the people targeted under SS protection?

Yes.

Ok

Then I would tend to agree that it's a possible case of selective reporting 😃

Page 5 of the FY 2016 report.

Yeah, I'm ignorant on who some of the targets were because I'm from the UK

I figured Obama was protected being an ex-president

That's fine. I don't know if most US citizens know.

I don't think UK citizens would know more about the latest reports of the MI-6.

I just want to make sure that the fact most probably don't know isn't what the media are playing on.

They don't seem to say how many dangerous packages they receive, but they appear to screen thousands of packages every year.

They seem to screen everything.

thx for the info i was also not aware of the exact rules for it even though i was aware of the first couple points

I'm done with the report.

Nothing about incidence rate.

Most of it is implied, in aggregate numbers.

But, there are stats on other incident rates.

Even though I can't stand the Clintons if you have people shouting "lock her up" at your rallies for years when you know damn well she aint spending 1 second inside a jailcell eventually someone is gonna try something foolish

For example, the rate at which firearms are confiscated numbers thousands ever year.

So, at least, if you ever see a media report for them trying to make a big deal that someone was caught with a firearm at some SS screening, you know it's a daily occurrence.

Again, normal does not mean not severe or dangerous.

I mean normal in the statistical sense.

"The Secret Service is one of the country's oldest federal investigative agencies, founded in 1865 to stop counterfeiters.
There are approximately 3,200 special agents and an additional 1,300 uniformed officers who guard the White House, the Treasury building and foreign diplomatic missions in Washington."

I had no clue that they are that old.

I thought they had been a pretty recent addition.

They were probably the originals then, before CIA and FBI and the like

February-March 2013 - Mark Sullivan retires as director of the Secret Service. Julia Pierson takes his place. She is the agency's first female director.

October 1, 2014 - In the wake of several security breaches, Pierson resigns as director of the Secret Service. Joseph Clancy, a former special agent from the President's security detail, steps in as interim director.

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Was she a music study major?

Interesting how all of these bombs happen on the same day

And all these people calling trump a domestic terrorist are the same people who were all in glowing support of antifa