[Gee...I wonder if it would have anything to do with the dozen or so Secret Service Agents that have met their demise after/during working for Clinton?] E.
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http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2000/12/14/232537

With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
For the story behind the story...

Friday, Dec. 15, 2000 12:21 a.m. EST

No Volunteers for Clinton Secret Service Detail

Usually when a sitting president leaves the White House, the Secret Service agents fall all over themselves to get the coveted assignment of guarding their former boss and his family.

No so with the Clintons, a source close to the elite protection force tells NewsMax.com.

The Clintons, in fact, had no takers as of a few weeks ago, a source close to the Secret Service said.

Sources say members of the Secret Service may have had several reasons to avoid working for the Clintons.

The Clintons have not had a good track record with their bodyguards. Several went public after Clinton became president, revealing intimate details of the Clintons' lives.

While Clinton himself has gotten along well with some of the Secret Service, apparently Hillary is a big turnoff.

Another reason is that agents enjoy working for former presidents because the job has many of the same perks, without the same frenetic pace. The problem is no one thinks Bill and Hillary plan to slow down their busy social and political schedules.

Clinton isn't the first recent president to get a thumbs-down for volunteers.

Secret Service personnel never liked Carter. Carter solved the problem by being the first recent president not to take Secret Service protection after he left office.

But soon after leaving the White House, Carter reversed himself and took the protection - largely to get the benefits of having Secret Service agents. These include being ushered to the front of the line attending functions and getting free First Class upgrades on airlines.

President Nixon kept Secret Service protection for years after he left office, but said taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill. He hired his own bodyguards.