The US Secret Service is stretched so thin, they're borrowing agents from other outfits.About 2,000 immigration officers and airport screeners will join about 250 of it's own agents who'll be shifted from investigations to security details.
They're hit with a wide field of Presidential candidates -- and an early start to providing them with security. The Secret Service has a record $110 million budget for guarding candidates next year -- but they didn't expect to have to guard anyone until January.
Early protection for Sen Barack Obama (D-IL) tossed that plan out the window.
The shifts mean the Secret Service has already cut back on it's efforts against counterfieters and cybercriminals. Brace for spam attacks of phoney money! (WaPo)
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