Background Hypnosis is a state of human consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion. In some cases, hypnosis has been used by law enforcement to help witnesses ...
Tag Archives: Secret Service
Donald Trump’s ‘Second Amendment people’ comment
Background On August 9, 2016, at a rally in Wilmington, N.C., Donald Trump said the following while campaigning to become President of the United States: “So here, I just wrote this down today. Hillary wants to raise taxes — ...
Threats Against Electoral College Members, 2016 Election Season
Background The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The founding fathers established it in the Constitution as a compromise between election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of ...
The United States Secret Service: An Administrative History, 1983
Background Excerpt: According to Noah Webster, secret is defined as, “kept from public knowledge or from the knowledge of certain persons•and service is shown to be, employment, especially public employment. This is exactly what the ...
