A former Romney campaign staffer, writing over at Inside Sources, is accusing a carousing Secret Service agent of leaking the President's public schedule in 2012, among other things:
In the closing weeks of the 2012 campaign, a Secret Service agent was on the ground in a key swing state to coordinate security ahead of several campaign stops by the President. The agent, who was married, made advances towards a Romney campaign staff member.
In one particular incident at a bar in late October 2012, the Secret Service agent, who had a number of drinks during the meeting, unprompted and in an apparent attempt to impress one of the staffers, began providing details of President Obama’s schedule. The information included times and locations of the President’s events in the final days of the election. The President’s campaign would not release these details of the President’s schedule publicly until several days later.
The sources state that the same agent on a separate occasion provided joy rides in a Secret Service vehicle with the lights flashing.
Obviously—if this story turns out to be true— there are some important questions that deserve answers:
Who is this agent?
Was he disciplined?
What was the nature of the threats against Obama during this period?
Growing up I admired the Secret Service, to me they seemed like the most courageous and admirable group of people. I have no doubt most of them remain so, but there is something weird and unsettling happening within the agency.
In 2007, right after Obama announced his candidacy, I remember trying to convince my step-dad to vote for him. "I don't want to vote for him because I don't want them to kill him", he said matter of factly.
Those sorts of fears have only been exacerbated in the last few weeks.