4 Oct 2017 1:59 pm
Just found this:crimsongulf » 04 Oct 2017 1:51 pm » wrote:so basically we have nothing to compare to
Why does she need the more expensive U.S. Marshals when the Dep't has a perfectly good security detail, mostly made up of former Secret Service agents?“I entrusted my life and my family’s lives to that team for seven years,” Arne Duncan said of the department’s security detail.
“They could not have been more professional, more committed, more thoughtful. I can’t say enough about how much I respected them.
Many of the security personnel are former Secret Service agents who have been at the department for many years, as far back as the tenure of Education Secretary Rod Paige, who served from 2001 to 2005 under President George W. Bush, according to former department officials.
One former official said the agency’s guards have protected multiple secretaries and are “top-notch security professionals.”
Duncan said he “never for one second doubted” the security team’s ability to do its job and never saw a need to ask for additional protection.
“That’s a waste of taxpayer money,” Duncan said of the use of U.S. marshals.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ed ... 1bb7ba32a2