think about how protection built up after bobby kennedy s assassination. i fast-toward to 1972, george wallace at his shooting in maryland. and then we say we have to protect all these guys. why do we wait for something like that? the government s always going to be reactionary. the leverage crisis to expand their footprint. but the problem with that approach is where does it sentenced i can tell you as a secret service agent, i see no logical reason baited ton the threat footprint that was around when president obama was a candidate i see no difference between that threat footprint and the one senator cruz has now. donald trump, marco rubio or anyone else. i can tell you the threat profile of president obama was not as bad as the media makes it