Andrew Gideon wrote:

I don't actually know anything about how these decisions are made,
but I'm sceptical of your assertion that the person being protected
has zero say in the matter. If security were my job, and I were the
absolute arbiter of how that job were achieved, my first rule would
be "no [in-person] public appearances".

Remember my point about not being able to create a perfect security
blanket...

Public appearances is a point of discussion - both between the politicians
and the security folks as well as among the security folks themselves. How
do you protect a public personality when they insist on and must be in
public appearances for their job? The protected person may have some input
into where and when they go, but the security of the appearance is something
they rarely (and probably should not) concern themselves with.

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