[FedCom] Mikhail Gorbachev

[Christopher Handisides]

> Gorbachev is a private citizen, and as such is not entitled to US 
> government protection.  He may (or may not) be entitled to FSO 
> protection--just as former US heads of state are entitled to lifetime USSS 
> protection.

>From the horse's mouth (http://www.state.gov/m/ds/rls/rm/50116.htm):

"Our team protects Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, wherever she goes in 
the world. We keep embassy and mission employees safe in times of extreme 
civil disorder. And we ensure the security of foreign dignitaries visiting 
the United States. Some of the people we have protected recently include 
Great Britain's Prince Charles, former leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail 
Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama and the President of the Palestinian Authority 
Mahmoud Abbas."