At EPA, guarding the chief pulls agents from pursuing environmental crimes
Source: Washington Post
At EPA, guarding the chief pulls agents from pursuing environmental crimes
By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis September 20 at 9:00 AM
Scott Pruitt’s round-the-clock personal security detail, which demands triple the manpower of his predecessors at the Environmental Protection Agency, has prompted officials to rotate in special agents from around the country who otherwise would be investigating environmental crimes.
The EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance has summoned agents from various cities to serve two-week stints helping guard Pruitt in recent months. And while an official hiring freeze remains, the agency has sought an exception to hire additional full-time staff to protect Pruitt.
Shortly after the former Oklahoma attorney general assumed his post in February, aides requested 24/7 federal protection.
“This never happened with prior administrators,” said Michael Hubbard, a former special agent who led the EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division office in Boston.
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It gets exponentially worse every single day! 
I almost deleted the word in case it was OTT, but I thought about it and decided - given the news every day - that it wasn't.
GMTA! 
