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Secret Service is assigned to protect are now facing a danger the agency has never recorded before.
A Secret Service official described the current "threat environment," meaning the total volume and severity of credible threats the agency tracks against protected individuals, as the highest it has ever seen.
Cases involving threats to protectees have climbed 40 percent this year, a figure that covers individuals including President Donald Trump.
Why a caseload number tells you more than a warning Institutional language about elevated danger is common. A 40 percent rise in documented threat cases is something else.
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