“””how does a 5’9 agent cover a 6’2” candidate when they surround him or take him down?”””
I agree. The Secret Service should be hiring college basketball players who are 6 feet 6 inches or more and who were not quite good enough to become NBA players as bodyguards.
Plus, these tall BB players have learned how to be agile with their feet and hands.
Kind of the point— they could if good enough make much more playing basketball. The same reason also why Tillman should never have been accepted into the Army Special Forces- for friendly fire— though he was motivated by patriotism, it was so wrong.