Secret Service Overwhelmed

Is the Secret Service stretched thin? According to The Boston Globe, the Secret Service is overwhelmed by a record number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor. The Secret Service is trying to juggle its duties protecting what it calls an “unprecedented” number of individuals—32 in total, including presidents, vice presidents, their immediate families, former presidents ands vice presidents, visiting dignitaries, and presidential candidates—and investigating financial crimes like counterfeiting, which was its original purpose when it was created in 1865.