Secret Service Director Disputes News Accounts of White House Crash

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Joe Clancy disputed news reports that two high-ranking agents drunkenly crashed into a gate at the White House. “Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate — there was no crash,” Clancy said at a Senate Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee hearing, CNN reports.  “The video shows the vehicle entering…

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Transportation Security Officers Closer to Working Without Paychecks

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com If Congress doesn’t fund Homeland Security by Friday, transportation security officers will be forced to go to work without pay. NPR reports that officers won’t get paid until lawmakers find a way to fund the department amid a budget showdown with President Obama over his immigration plan. http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2015/02/23/388338500/for-tsa-officers-congress-inaction-on-funding-could-hit-home DHS employees who…

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Secret Service Unable to Make Reforms, Hire New Agents Because of Budget Impasse

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Congressional dispute over Homeland Security’s budget means the Secret Service cannot hire new agents or reform the beleaguered agency until the impasse is over, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said, Reuters reports. Johnson expressed deep concerns about the impasse, saying a lot is at stake – the security of borders, airports…

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