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1. Alex on February 22, 2008 5:54 pm

   Am I the only one that feels a little troubled by the fact that this happened in TEXAS - specifically DALLAS, where JFK was shot - to the potentially first black president? You have to admit, based on history, Texas isn’t the most forgiving state for either racial or political tolerance.

   Let’s hop they get this issue fixed so there is no opportunity for something bad to happen.

2. Lee on February 24, 2008 8:51 pm

   Who ordered that this occur? Campaign officials? Or the SS, on there own?

3. Alex on February 24, 2008 9:04 pm

   Apparently it was part of the Secret Service’s ‘comprehensive and layered’ security plan:

   “There were no security lapses at that venue,” said Eric Zahren, a spokesman for the Secret Service in Washington. He added there was “no deviation” from the “comprehensive and layered” security plan, implemented in “very close cooperation with our law enforcement partners.”

   And this apparently isn’t the first time these practices have occured either:

   Others said they had recently attended large political events, many for Obama, where security screening was halted. Jeremy Dibbell of Boston said in an e-mail that he attended an Obama event in Boston at which “the same thing happened there. We waited for hours in line as people were screened, and then suddenly everyone was just allowed in without going through any inspection at all.”

   The secret service’s rebuttle

   I’m no security expert, but I really can’t think of any good reason for why a policy like this would be in place.