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Martha's Vineyard Vacation Security

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Expense Amount: $148,000
Year of Expense: 2009
Expense Details: David Procopia, state police spokesman, declared that the state "anticipates spending $148,000 in overtime for the Obama visit" to Martha's Vineyard in August 2009.
Source Details:

Cape Cod Times, "Vineyard will share in Obama security costs, August 19 2009, http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090819/NEWS/908190322/-1/NEWS27

Creation Date: October 7, 2009


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Expense Amount: $32000
Year of Expense: 2009
Expense Details: President Barack Obama visited the Green Bay Southwest High School's gym for a town hall style meeting.
Source Details:

Fox 11 Online, Obama security bills top $32,000, 16 Jun 2009, http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/local_wluk_greenbay_obama_visit_costs_200906161442_rev1

Creation Date: October 7, 2009


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Expense Amount: $160,000,000
Year of Expense: 2009
Expense Details: The cost of Obama's 2009 inauguration has been reported to be up to $160 million, though there is some dispute about the true cost.
Source Details:

See http://www.factcheck.org/2009/01/comparing-inauguration-costs/ and http://mediamatters.org/columns/200901170003

Creation Date: October 7, 2009


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Expense Amount: $107,000,000
Year of Expense: 2007
Expense Details: Costs to protect Obama as a 2007 presidential candidate have been variously estimated at $44,000-45,000 a day for round the clock protection.

Darrin Blackford, a US Secret Service spokesman, has also stated the the total cost for protecting the 2008 presidential candidates was a record setting $107 million.

Source Details:

Newsweek.com, "The Cost of Security" Nov 30 2007, http://www.newsweek.com/id/73188

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2007/07/report_obama_protection_costs.html

Creation Date: October 7, 2009


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Expense Amount: $66,023,100
Year of Expense: 2009
Country Comparisons: US Billionaire Warren Buffett's annual personal security cost: US$344,490
Expense Details: Department of Homeland Security now administers the Secret Service.
  • Exact number of officers detailed to the first family undeclared, for security reasons.
  • The 1,300 Uniformed Division officers of the Secret Service protect the president, his family, and others such as the vice-president and family, ex-presidents and their families (limited to ten years), diplomatic missions, and foreign dignitaries visiting the United States, etc. requiring secret service protection. It also protects the Main Treasury building and annex.)
  • Newly appointed officers normally work a 40-hour workweek on a set schedule (e.g., 6:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m.-11:00 p.m., or 10:30 p.m.-7:00 a.m. shifts). Workdays and shifts will vary depending on assignment and manpower requirements.
  • Overtime is compensated at the rate of time and one-half, or through compensatory time off .
  • President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's May 30 trip to New York for dinner and a Broadway show incurred $11,648.17 in extra security costs documented by the U.S. Secret Service.
Source Details:

"Obamas run up security bill," Politico (staff report)

Creation Date: November 23, 2009


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Expense Amount: $689,535,000
Year of Expense: 2008
Expense Details: Protection of persons and facilities. Listed in the budget of Homeland Security.
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Creation Date: February 1, 2010


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Expense Amount: $1,000,000
Year of Expense: 2008
Expense Details: For handling "special security events", such as the 2009 inauguration. Listed in the budget of Homeland Security.
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Creation Date: February 1, 2010


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Expense Amount: $57,704,000
Year of Expense: 2008
Expense Details: For protective intelligence activities. Listed in the budget of Homeland Security.
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Creation Date: February 1, 2010


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Expense Amount: $51,954,000
Year of Expense: 2008
Expense Details: Operation costs of the James J. Rowley Training Center. Listed in the budget of Homeland Security.
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Creation Date: February 1, 2010


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Expense Amount: $3,725,000
Year of Expense: 2008
Expense Details: For improvements to the James J. Rowley Training Center. Listed in the budget of Homeland Security.
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Creation Date: February 1, 2010


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Expense Amount: $16,201,000
Year of Expense: 2008
Expense Details: For screening of White House mail. Listed in the budget of Homeland Security.
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Creation Date: February 1, 2010


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Expense Amount: No Details Yet
Year of Expense: 2009
Expense Details: Provided through the US Army White House Transportation Agency.
  • The drivers are all non-commissioned army officers who have gone through more than 540 hours of driver training, both from the Secret Service and other trainers. They offer year-round (24/7), worldwide transportation services to the First Family, the White House staff, official visitors of the First Family, and other authorized personnel. as directed by the White House Military Office.
  • The WHTA provides vehicle support for Presidential motorcades in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, stateside, and overseas trips.
  • There is a fleet of limousines, including at least one missile-proof, armored limousine for the president. This limousine has been valued at $300,000, and is known as the beast. It has a panic room, night vision cameras, armored petrol tank, and a tear gas cannon.
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Creation Date: February 17, 2010


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Expense Amount: No Details Yet
Year of Expense: 2010
Expense Details: Successfully screened more than 1.5 million people at events attended by the President, Vice President and other Secret Service protectees, including nearly 900,000 visitors to the White House complex.
Clues for Further Research: Cost of this screening needed.
Source Details:

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/budget_bib_fy2010.pdf

Creation Date: April 18, 2010


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Expense Amount: No Details Yet
Year of Expense: 2010
Expense Details: Successfully screened nearly 1 million pieces of mail and other materials through the White House Mail Screening Facility. Cost of this unknown.
Source Details:

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/budget_bib_fy2010.pdf

Creation Date: April 18, 2010


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Security at the We Are One concert at the Lincoln Memorial, part of the festivities of the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration. Picture taken right next to the Washington Monument. Agents were identified to be from the Washington Field Office FBI SWAT. 18 January 2009. By Jarek Tuszynski.

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