[maine-iac7]

I believe they are constrained by securtiy clearance from doing so.

I'm sure they are - as to talking to the media and such.

But that doesn't mean they can't express their opinions or relate them to friends, family or as "unidentified sources" :o)

[Jeff Head]

If you are constrained by a security clearance...you do not speak to anyone of it unless they have the same or higher clearance, and a demonstrable "need to know". Both are required, otherwise you risk significant criminal legal action.

Opinions are one thing...and that is fine...but details of this sort go beyond that. Do not get me wrong, as I stated, I believe this is the case and agree with it. But if we have secret service agents going into this level of detail with their neighbors, they are proving by their own actions, IMHO, that they are a significant security risk themselves.