Secret Service Disspells More Myths about the Palin Rallies...

First, the Secret Service came out and said the "Kill Him!" stuff was unsubstantiated beyond the original MSM person who claimed they heard it. We covered that this past week. Now, we have them once again being truthful and giving more lie to the MSM memes about Palin being blocked or some such nonsense:

But the Secret Service says Milbank has it wrong.

“It’s not a function of the Secret Service to prevent or limit reporters from interviewing the people at events,” said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. “We’ve never been asked by any campaign to do that.”

Donovan said that at rallies for all the candidates, the Secret Service sometimes separates the press corps that is credentialed to cover the event—known as the pool—from the general public. That is for logistical and security reasons, he said.

“Being in a press pool gives them special access,” said Donovan. “But the other side is that they have to stay together. You keep national press away from the local press for the same reason.”

Any journalist can get around these restrictions simply by attending the rally as a member of the public rather than a part of the press pool, he said.

That is what David Singleton did. He is the journalist who heard the shout of “Kill him!” at the Scranton rally on Tuesday, and reported it in the Scranton Times-Tribune. Singleton was not part of the press pool; he simply walked into the rally. Once inside, he could talk to whomever he wanted, he told us.

It wasn’t until after he wrote the story that he had any contact with the Secret Service. Almost a full day after his “Kill him!” story was posted online, Singleton said a Secret Service spokesperson called to suggest that he should not have published it.

The Secret Service also said agents had investigated the report and could find no witnesses to corroborate the reported scream.

Agency spokesperson Donovan disputed that Singleton was told he shouldn’t have published word of the alleged threat: “The reporter was merely asked if there was any further information.”