Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan tells Newsweek that the number of threats against President Obama have dropped off in recent months. In October, the Boston Globe reported that a new internal Congressional Research Service said the Secret Service faces an unprecedented number of threats against the President.According to Donovan, that report correctly states that there were “substantial spikes” in threats against Obama during the campaign, and immediately before and after the inauguration. Since then, however, the number of threats have decreased to levels similar to those of the Bush and Clinton Administrations. In fact, Donovan says, on some days Obama actually receives fewer threats than past presidents.
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