abuse of power

Secret Service denies free press:

"Secret Service agents are famous for their willingness to take a bullet for the president. Less famous is their willingness to take out a heckler for the president....

One uniformed Secret Service agent complained to a colleague that 'the press is having a field day' with the [hecklers'] disruption -- and the agents quickly clamped down. Journalists were told that if they sought to approach the demonstrators, they would not be allowed to return to the event site -- even though their colleagues were free to come and go. An agent, who did not give his name, told one journalist who was blocked from returning to the speech that this was punishment for approaching the demonstrators and that there was a 'different set of rules' for reporters who did not seek out the activists...."