Candidates strain Secret Service
From Times Wire Reports
The Secret Service expects to borrow more than 2,000 immigration officers and federal airport screeners next year to help guard an ever-expanding field of presidential candidates. It also expects to shift 250 of its own agents from investigations to security details.
The agency has a $110-million budget for campaign protection. It spent a record $65 million for the 2004 election.
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