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Could the Secret Service Scandal be Bigger?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Just when it looked as if the Secret Service might be able to wrap up its prostitution mess sooner than later. CBS is reporting that authorities were looking into the possibility that Secret Service agents may have paid for hookers and strippers in El Salvador while being part of an advance team…
DEA Busts T.S.A. Screeners at LAX for Letting Drugs Through Security
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com This time it was drugs slipping through security for a few thousand in bribes. Next time? Who knows? One federal prosecutor noted that next time it could be dangerous materials. The L.A. Times reports that the DEA has busted four former and current TSA agents at LAX. They allegedly accepted cash to…
New ATF Special Agent In Charge of LA Field Division
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Steven J. Bogdalek is the new head of ATF in Los Angeles, which includes Southern California, the agency announced. Bogdalek began his career with ATF in Detroit in 1987, according to the PR Newswire. From 2002 until this latest appointment, he served as Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Paul…
Postmodern Mashup: CouponBuzz Capitalizes on Secret Service Scandal
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Was the Secret Service scandal really about finding love in all the wrong places? Or agents simply failing to take advantage of online dating services? Well, Online marketing site CouponBuzz pokes fun at the recent Secret Service-Colombian prostitution debacle by holding it up as an example of today’s singles struggling to connect….
President Carter Comments on Secret Service Scandal
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Ex-Interim U.S. Atty in Detroit Gets Nomination for Fed Judgeship
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT — Former interim U.S. Attorney Terrence Berg, who lost out in his bid to become the permanent U.S. Attorney in Detroit under the Obama administration, has gotten a nice consolation prize. On Wednesday, President Obama nominated Berg, 52, for a federal judgeship, the Detroit News reported. The nomination was first…
Retiring Head of Dallas FBI Recalls the Cases He Oversaw
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Senators Gone Wild?
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Senators gone Wild? Hardly, says Arkansas U.S. Senator Mark Pryor. Prior told the Associated Press that on Wednesday that he’s asked the FBI to investigate who set up a bogus online auction for an internship in his D.C. office. Interestingly, thefounder of “Girls Gone Wild” videos says he was the winning…