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ATF Agent Wounded, Suspect Dead in Shootout in Athens, Ga.
By Rhonda Cook The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A federal agent was in critical but stable condition Tuesday night and a suspect was dead after a shooting during an undercover law enforcement operation in Athens. A second suspect has been charged in the case. State and federal officials told reporters an Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent…
Resignation of Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Won’t Fix Troubled Agency
By Boston Globe Editorial Board For the federal agency tasked with protecting the president, it’s embarrassing enough that a man could scale the White House fence and make it well into the executive mansion before being apprehended. But the Secret Service’s defensive response to the incident, including withholding key information about the breach, is a…
FBI Busts Seller of Intrusive Cell Phone App That Spies on Users
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Want to spy on someone and have immediate access to their calls, texts and photos? There’s an app for that – and the FBI has tracked down the maker. The Daily Mail reports that the FBI shut down a website selling the “spyware” app and arrested a Pakistani national in Los Angeles…
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…