Too High or Too Low. A basic purpose of asking applicants for salary requirements is to use the response as part of the initial screening process.
So, who else do they protect? By law, the Secret Service protects the president and his family, the vice president and her family, the president-elect and his family and the vice president-elect and her family. Former presidents and their spouses also get lifetime protection. A spouse will lose a Secret Service detail if he or she gets remarried.
Today, the Secret Service is authorized by law to protect: 1  The President, the Vice President (or other officer next in the order of succession to the Office of President, should the Vice Presidency be vacant), the President-elect, and the Vice President-elect. 2  The immediate families of the above individuals.