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 Democratic Candidates Yet To Request Secret Service Protection Thu Jan 29 2004 11:01:55 ET While Congress set aside nearly $74 million over the past two years to pay for the protection of presidential candidates in the 2004 campaign, none of the contenders for the Democratic nomination so far have requested this extra layer of security, ROLL CALL reports on Thursday. The addition of a Secret Service detail to a campaign is viewed by aides as suffocating because it essentially ends the free- wheeling spirit and 'on the fly' decisions that help shape the campaign. Currently, the only candidate protected by government personnel is Lieberman, who has been accompanied by Capitol Police officers since returning to the Senate after his time as the nominee for vice president in the 2000 campaign. Not all candidates will qualify for a Secret Service detail. Each candidate must reach certain thresholds as well as be approved by an advisory committee made up of the four Congressional leaders and a fifth person (to be chosen by the leadership), to be granted a Secret Service detail. |
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