Monday, February 11, 2008

Beach Guards



Back in the 1990's when Al Gore was Vice-President of the U.S. he took a Cape Cod vacation...staying in a private home in the National Seashore. The house was up on a bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean with the beach below. For security purposes, the secret service closed access to the road leading to the house and they also patrolled the beach below the house wearing their black suits.

Since the press were not allowed to approach the Vice-President or his family at the house, one local newspaper reporter approached the secret service agents on the beach to ask a few questions. The stretch of beach, in Truro, was known for sunbathers who seek that "all over tan."

The reporter asked the secret service agent if it was difficult for them to be standing in the sun wearing their black suits. The agent replied that, actually, their job was pretty easy at this venue since they can be sure no one on the beach had concealed weapons!

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