Originally Posted by
USirritated
The US Secret Service is authorized by law to protect:
7) Visiting heads of states or governments and their spouses traveling with them, other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States, and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad whom the president deems important enough for protection outside the Diplomatic Security Service
I wonder if Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got that treatment when he came over to speak at Columbia University in 2007. I have a feeling none of th SS would take a bullet for that SOB.