The Secret Service is tasked with protecting the President of the United States from assailants; and given that President-elect Obama has already been the target of assassination plots they may have their work cut out after January. But they have more than earpiece radios and armored limos to help them; the Secret Service can call on the very latest technology. So what is this "sensitive" technology? We don't know for sure, naturally. But we can sure speculate... Now, we've talked before about the Secret Service's interest in laser dazzlers as a means of protecting the White House against suicide attacks by light aircraft, dating back to 1998. We don't know if dazzlers have ever been deployed, but that would certainly explain some of the secrecy. Portable dazzlers would also be a good way of dealing with potential snipers without the risk of harming bystanders.
Speculation is fun. Sooner or later, we'll know. Read more...
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