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Secret Service Director Julia A. Pierson Resigns Amid Pressure
By MATT HANSEN Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Battered by a mounting series of security lapses, the head of the Secret Service resigned Wednesday, a day after enduring fierce criticism from lawmakers for failing to fix what they called systemic problems in the agency. The agency’s director, Julia A. Pierson, herself brought in as a…
Lengel: Terrorists Have Probably Given the Secret Service More Credit Than it Deserves
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I think the American public in general has been blown away by recent news of the lapses in Secret Service security involving the President. I have to think, had terrorists any clue that it was so easy to breach security and get into the White House, they would have tried something…
Secret Service Security Blunders Are Intolerable And Demand Answers
By Miami Herald Editorial Board Last year, the White House was breached twice. In the movie Olympus Has Fallen, Gerard Butler faced off against Dylan McDermott and a band of Korean terrorists. In White House Down, Channing Tatum fought to save President Jamie Foxx from a band of mercenaries. In both movies, the bad guys…
Secret Service Director Takes Full Responsibility, Pledges Wholesale Changes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Julia Pierson accepted full responsibility for the recent White House intrusion and pledged to improve security at a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pierson divulged that Omar J. Gonzalez, who was armed with a knife, made it deeper into the White House on…
2 Mexican Nationals Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Off-Duty Border Patrol Agent
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Two Mexican nationals were indicted on charges of capital murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of an off-duty Border Patrol agent, the Valley Morning Star reports. Indicted were Gustavo Tijerina-Sandoval, 30, and Ismael Hernandez-Vallejo, 40, who are accused of being involved in the Aug. 3 shooting of Border Patrol…
Customs And Border Protection Plans to Hire 2,000 Officers to Beef Up Security
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com CBP plans to hire 2,000 officers by the end of the 2015 fiscal year, the Tucson News reports. Most of the new officers will serve along the southwest border. Some of the jobs entail checking passports at the border and enforcing immigration laws. Applicants will undergo a thorough screening process to…
TSA Officer Charged After Being Accused of Secretly Videotaping Female Coworker in Restroom
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A TSA officer is under fire after being accused of secretly videotaping a female coworker in an employee restroom at the Nashville International Airport, WJRN reports. Daniel Boykin, 33, of Murfreesboro also is accused of entering the victim’s Nashville home several times to take information from her computers and electronic devices….
Armed Intruder Makes It Deeper Inside White House Than Previously Disclosed
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Omar J. Gonzalez was armed with a knife when he managed to make it much deeper into the White House mansion than previously disclosed, the New York Times reports. The 42-year-old made it to the ceremonial East Room after overpowering a Secret Service agent inside the North Portico entrance. Gonzalez finally…