Zinke and his wife took security detail on vacation to Turkey, Greece

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke reportedly took a security detail when he and his wife vacationed in Turkey and Greece last year. A watchdog group said the move could be considered a "questionable" use of taxpayer resources, Politico reported. According to Politico, official documents regarding Zinke's travel don't specify how much the security team cost, how many personnel accompanied Zinke and his wife or if the team was with the couple throughout their whole trip. Department spokeswoman Heather Swift cited terrorist attacks in the countries Zinke visited to defend the decision to provide the secretary with U.S. Park Police officers for his security. Nick Schwellenbach, director of investigations at the government watchdog group Project On Government Oversight, said it is "not necessarily an abuse of authority or a waste of taxpayer dollars if there's a credible threat." "But it can be questionable if an agency chief just wants a big entourage and the trappings of power,” he told Politico. “Security personnel are not errand boys or girls and agency leaders are not royalty," he continued. "When it's a private vacation, there must be even more scrutiny given to these security arrangements than usual."...MORE