Special Counsel Mueller Taps Stephen Kelly to Serve As Liaison to Capitol Hill
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has added another expert to his team.
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Secret Service Director Defends Subordinates on Capitol Hill Following High Profile Mishaps
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service’s first female director was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the misbehavior of her male subordinates. CNN reports that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson brushed off allegations of widespread problems among employees, saying recent highly publicized allegations were unusual. “These are isolated incidents of misconduct and we’re working…
High Ranking Justice Dept. Official Suggested Letting Guns Walk, Emails Show
By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newly released Justice Department emails sent to Capitol Hill for a congressional inquiry into a gun-smuggling operation indicate that the head of the department’s criminal division suggested letting some illicit “straw” weapons buyers in the U.S. transport their guns across the border into Mexico where they could be arrested….
Kashmir Lobbyist on Pakistan Payroll Expected to Plead Guilty
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former capitol hill lobbyist for disputed Kashmir territory between India and Pakistan is expected to plead guilty to federal charged on Wednesday, reports the Washington Post. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, executive director of the Kashmiri American Council at the time of his July arrest, is accused of secretly receiving millions…
Secret Service Leaves Little to Chance When the Prez Stops in for Lunch
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com When you’re President and you just happened to drop by a little lunch spot for a bite to eat, the Secret Service leaves little to chance. The website TMZ reports that the Secret Service on Wednesday swept through Ted’s Bulletin restaurant on 8th Street SE on Capitol Hill in D.C. with…
FBI Says Violent Threats Against Lawmakers Set Record in 2010
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Politics can be a dirty game. It can also be a dangerous one. The FBI reports that lawmakers were the target of more threats of violence in 2010 than in any other year on record, according to The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper. Some threats involved health care legislation,…
Wise-Cracking Mike Stenger of U.S. Secret Service Hanging it Up
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Mike Stenger, the wise-cracking, New Jersey bred, 35-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service whose protective details included President Reagan, Jesse Jackson and Egypt President Anwar Sadat, is hanging up his badge and gun. Friday is his last day. At a retirement party Thursday at Secret Service headquarters in…
Lobbyist Indictment Reminder of the Ugly Side of Washington
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — It was TV mobster Tony Soprano who once muttered: “‘I dunno about morals, but I do got rules.’ Certainly the same could be said for some of the politicians and lobbyists on the Capitol Hill, who never seem to let us down when it comes to perpetuating the unsavory…
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