This is, of course, only one misuse of the Secret Service. We had the prostitute scandal last year, and we still haven’t figured out why they are covering Valarie Jarrett, since that isn’t supposed to be part of their job. Well, unless she was the President, of course…
Via Fox News:
Members of a top Secret Service unit responsible for patrolling the perimeter of the White House were reportedly pulled off their posts for several weeks in the summer of 2011 and ordered to protect the home of the assistant to the agency’s then-director.
The Washington Post, citing three people familiar with the operation, reported late Saturday that the agents were sent to a rural area outside La Plata, Md. in what was known as Operation Moonlight. The paper said that agents were told that they were there because then-Secret Service director Mark Sullivan was concerned that his assistant, Lisa Chopey, was being harassed by her neighbor after an altercation.
Operation Moonlight consisted of sending two agents from the so-called Prowler surveillance team to monitor Chopey’s home in the morning and evening. The paper reported that the trips began on June 30 of that year and continued through July before slowly tapering off in August.
In addition to their work patrolling the mansion, members of the Prowler team also monitor the southern side of the executive mansion whenever crowds gather to watch the president and first family travel via motorcade or helicopter.