Secret Service Stretched Thin

With a huge field of presidential candidates and ever-lengthening campaign season, the Secret Service is stretched thin. Since 9/11, the Washington Post reports today, the Bush administration has more than doubled the number of federal officials granted Secret Service protection, from 26 to 54. One solution to the agency's staffing woes? It plans borrow more than 2,000 immigration officers and federal airport screeners next year to help guard presidential candidates.