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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.
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Secret Service Officers Placed On Administrative Leave

By Marc Ambinder

Dec 3 2009, 12:10 PM ET Comment

Two points of interest from the testimony of Secret Service director Mark Sullivan this morning. 

1. Three members of the Uniformed Division's magnetometer branch were suspended. (Various press accounts call these folks "agents."  They're not agents. Agents -- the guys and gals in suits -- are sworn special agents and work directly on protection details.

2. Asked about author Ron Kessler's assertion that threats to President Obama were increased 400% higher than threats received for previous presidents, Sullivan said no -- Obama received roughly the same number of threats.


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