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Learning the lessons of instituting
executive protection from U.S. History (the Secret Service wasn't
responsible for presidential protection until after the second U.S.
president, William McKinley, was assassinated in 1901), I have hired
the services of a protective detail before it's too late.
As with anyone who lives in the public eye, I realize that while
most folks are good, kind-hearted folks, there is always the occasional
vulture who's out for nothing more than to fatally peck you.
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Of course, there are also times where members
of the protective detail must be less obvious in their presence.
(Driving around a SUV with a gold star on the door does call some
attention to you, eh?) So, odds are, should we bump into one
another in a crowded local hang-out, that woman pushing the baby stroller
or the elderly-looking man with the walker may not be all that they
seem on first glance. But in the end, my safe journey and visits
here and there remain unchallenged. And isn't that what any
of us seek? |