Posted on 10/13/2016 7:11:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Lech Walesa, the former Polish president a longtime adversary of Poland’s current leadership, has been stripped of state protection when he travels abroad, and says he believes the motivation is political.
The Government Protection Bureau, which provides bodyguards to serving state officials and retired presidents, said it would no longer protect Walesa on his foreign trips. It said that also applies to the other living ex-presidents, Bronislaw Komorowski and Aleksander Kwasniewski.
Bureau spokeswoman Natalia Markiewicz said the agency is following the law, which gives former presidents the right to a bodyguard only when they are in Poland. She said earlier directors of the agency had gone beyond what was legally required, which “generated huge costs disproportionate to the threat.” …
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Another govt function that can be privatized anyway... Like the post office.
Yeah but the problem is. They guy could be assassinated because he now has no protection if he travels.
Lots of communists would love a crack at him.
Yep he made lots of enemies on the left.
Why can’t we have a law like that?
Every country has private security firms he could hire.
If you think he should pay for it himself well then that's your opinion and I don't agree with it.
Don't worry. They'll hit their best secret operative.
Don't worry. They'll NEVER hit their best secret operative.
Typo or so :) (I mean: NEVER)
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