Guarding the Secretary of State has always been a very prestigious job and the senior members would always choose that assignment, but that all ended under Hillary. By time her four years were up, her detail of State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) were the least experienced ever. We learned this from documents released by the FBI. One female agent being questioned by the FBI.
“[Redacted] explained that CLINTON’s treatment of DS agents on her protective detail was so contemptuous that many of them sought reassignment or employment elsewhere. Prior to CLINTON’s tenure, being an agent on the Secretary of State’s protective detail was seen as an honor and privilege reserved for senior agents. However, by the end of CLINTON’s tenure, it was staffed largely with new agents because it was difficult to find senior agents willing to work for her.”
The agent said she had spoken to Secret Service agents and they told her that they had experienced the same treatment. Bill and Chelsea on the other hand received positive remarks from the SS.
The agent went on to describe Hillary’s shabby treatment of ambassadors (Like Christopher Stevens?) and for disregarding protocol:
“From her own experience, and information obtained through [redacted] and other agents, [redacted] described a ‘stark difference’ between [Condoleezza] RICE and CLINTON with regard to obedience to security and diplomatic protocols,” the summary says. “RICE observed strict adherence to State Department security and diplomatic protocols while CLINTON frequently and ‘blatantly’ disregarded them.”
Protocol called for the Ambassador to ride with the Secretary of State when traveling in a foreign country. Clinton refused to do that. She would only travel with longtime lover Huma Abedin.
“CLINTON refused to do so, instead choosing to be accompanied in the limousine by her Chief of Staff, HUMA ABEDIN. This frequently resulted in complaints by ambassadors who were insulted and embarrassed by this breach of protocol,” the summary says. Clinton’s breaches of protocol, it adds, were “well-known throughout Diplomatic Security and were ‘abundant.’”