Some of her White House colleagues are trying to dig at Jarrett through the media. But of course, they raise a good question.

Via Daily Caller:

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Why does President Barack Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett have Secret Service protection?

It turns out that some of her colleagues inside the White House are skeptical that actual, specific threats resulted in Jarrett’s protection.

“While a high-profile White House official — especially an African-American woman, such as Jarrett — could legitimately be considered a more likely target than most, several West Wing officials I spoke to were dubious there had been any special threats against her,” writer Mark Leibovich reported in “This Town,” a new book on Washington.

Added Leibovich of Jarrett’s White House colleagues: “They suspected, rather, that Jarrett asked the president to authorize a detail out of ‘earpiece envy.’”

The Daily Caller reported in 2010 that in a largely unprecedented move, Jarrett and David Axelrod, another senior adviser who has since left the White House, were being driven to work by government drivers and that Jarrett had been made a “protectee” of the Secret Service.

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Secret Service protection by law extends to the President, VP and their immediate families, former presidents, foreign dignitaries, candidates and their families.

There is only one provision under which Jarrett could conceivably fit by law. There is a provision that entitles the President to appoint protection through Executive Order. But then, of course, you would have to justify the rationale in the signing of the order.

If Jarrett had any threats or concerns, the normal response within the law would be to refer it to the regular police, or even to hire private security. It is not the purview of the Secret Service, they aren’t supposed to be there to drive her and tote her luggage. Her protection isn’t supposed to be paid by the taxpayers. If this were true, then anyone within the White House could then claim the need for Secret Service protection.

The elected President is entitled to the protection, the un-elected one is not…

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/08/26/why-d...ice-protection/

big government only gets bigger and there is just no stopping it.

government regulations are negatively affecting the profitability of health care immensely and this is not even about O-care.

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Why does President Barack Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett have Secret Service protection?

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Umm, maybe because she is the actual handler that is in charge of pulling the strings?

I thought that no one was getting Secret Service protection because of the Sequester?