Gov. Rick Scott, as it turns out, has been increasingly shielding details of his public travel itinerary, especially in the last year. Certainly much more so than his immediate predecessors, Charlie Crist, Jeb Bush and Lawton Chiles, did.
It’s quite legal and a function of a records exemption that protects Florida Department of Law Enforcement “surveillance techniques” from publication. It’s the FDLE that is charged with Scott’s security.
It’s a matter of philosophy, noted FDLE Deputy Commissioner Mark Zadra. “Some of them are more security conscious than others.”
“Times have changed, especially after 9/11, and you have to be extra careful about security,” explained Adam Hollingsworth, Scott’s chief of staff. “But I will concede one irony. Those that are considered the biggest security risks–the ‘crazies,’ the ‘haters’ and the locked-and-loaded ideologues–they’re actually Scott supporters.”