for former officials, a very brief time period, just long enough for a threat assessment and making private arrangements, if needed.
Yes, the government should pay for private security based on threat assessments and means-tested.
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@stevesi28838948 for private security, the only issue is money.
If a former government official is under threat, and passes the means test, it’s not wrong for the government to pay.
Active-duty personnel need to focus on current officials.
Otherwise, it becomes a boondoggle.
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@stevesi28838948 Secretary Pompeo has been a former government official - and private citizen - for an entire presidential term, longer than he served in the Trump 45 Administration.
At some point, he and others must return to private life.
This helps to limit adversaries wasting our time.
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Further re pp. 217 - 219, insufficient magnetometers:
On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, I went to the Mall for the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
To enter the secure area,
basically the Lincoln Memorial and its Reflecting Pool, the magnetometers - 7 or 9, I don’t remember - were set up east of 17th Street, on the west side of the Washington Monument grounds.
I got there very early, over 2 hours before the program began, but it still took forever.
When the program began, I and many others, all of whom got there very early, nevertheless barely entered before everything was over.
And I wondered how this could happen.
Federal property less than a mile or two from the White House.
What bothers me about Shakopee Precinct 10 early in-person absentee (envelope) voting 15 - 17 October, 2024, is that each of those 20 voters - our fellow Americans - had the opportunity to vote the entire ballot, from President to unopposed incumbent District Court Judge.
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Yes, their ballots included State Representative (54A), currently being contested, but they didn’t necessarily only vote in that contest.
Once elections officials figured out that the votes of these 20 identifiable citizens had not been counted, they should have invited them
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to return to City Hall, preferably on one day, sending an official limousine with police escort, for a do-over.
Then add their re-votes - up to 20 ballots - to the official totals.
Sadly, their votes - their voices - have been ignored.