By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Bernie La Forest had a rich career with ATF. He headed up offices in Kansas City, Detroit, Phoenix and Los Angeles and saw plenty guns, drugs, killers, con men and intrigue. But one reality he learned over the years was that law enforcement agencies didn’t always get along. It…
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com WASHINGTON — U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan has taken his share of lumps over the party crashing incident at the White House involving the now famous Salahis. In fact, some observers say he looked worn out when he recently went before Congress to testify on the matter and took blame…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –The U.S. Secret Service averted, at the last minute, a potential assassination attempt by Osama bin Laden on President Clinton in 1996 in the Philippines, according to a new book. The London Telegraph reported on the matter, attributing the information to a book “The Death of American Virtue: Clinton vs…
Parker Protected Pres. Ford/pres. library photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James L. “Lee” Parker, a 34-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, who worked on presidential details including ones where attempts were made on President Ford’s life, died last month in Virginia at age 70, the Washington Post reported. The paper reported that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON –– And now for a prison update on two of America’s most notable financial schemers. Bloomberg news reports that Bernie Madoff, 71, has been transferred from the medium-security facility at the Butner Correctional Complex in North Carolina to the prison’s medical center. Prison authorities confirmed that the move happened on…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — John G. Perren, special agent in charge of counter-terrorism at the FBI’s Washington field office, has been named the interim head of the office, authorities said Wednesday. Perren will replace Joseph Persichini Jr, the assistant director in charge of the office, who officially retires on Christmas day. Perren’s appointment…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s one way for the neglected to get some attention during the holiday season. Threaten the life of Michelle Obama. The Boston Globe reports that the Secret Service in Hawaii arrested Kristy Lee Roshia on Saturday after she called the agency’s Boston office to threaten the life of Michelle Obama. Roshia …
