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Secret Service Calls “Inaccurate” a Report in The Atlantic About an Agent Discharging His Gun and Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service on Thursday issued a statement, calling “inaccurate” a story in The Atlantic entitled “How the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, stated: “In September of 2007, one of our personnel assigned to the Iranian presidential protective detail accidentally discharged one round from…

U.S. Secret Service Scandal Brews in Colombia Over Prostitutes

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service, which normally tries to stay in the background and garner as little attention as possible, is causing an international stir. CBS News reports that a dozen Secret Service agents were sent home from Colombia before the President arrived Friday for the Summit of Americas. The New York Times…

Ex-Secret Service Agent Trashes Hillary Clinton in Book; Calls Her Aloof

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A tell-all book by an ex-Secret Service agent who worked the President Clinton detail is bound to ruffle some feathers inside the Beltway. The Examiner newspaper reports that ex-Secret Service agent Dan Emmett has written a self-published book “Within Arms’s Length” that “savages the Clinton White House staff as arrogant and…

Secret Service Agent Accused of Raping S.C. Woman After Arrest

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By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A South Carolina woman who’s headed off to prison claims a Secret Service agent raped her after her arrest, according to the Associated Press. The woman alleged in court documents that the agent took advantage of her on a couch in his office after arresting her on embezzlement charges, AP reported….

Secret Service Buys Souped Up Buses; Obama Using One for Midwest Travel

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Greyhound it ain’t. The U.S. Secret Service has purchased a new $1.1 million bus that President Barack Obama is using for his travels through the Midwest, the Associated Press reported. The AP described the bus as “an impenetrable-looking conveyance the size of a cross-country Greyhound, painted all in black, with dark…

Say it Ain’t So Joe: VP Biden Charging Secret Service for Rent

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Under the category of: Mmmmmm. Something doesn’t seem right. The Associated Press reports that the U.S. Secret Service, which protects VP Joe Biden, is paying Biden $2,200 a month to rent a cottage next to his suburban Wilimington, Del., home. Records show Biden has collected more than $13,000 since April on the…

Man’s Car Hops Curb; Gets Unexpected Greeting From Secret Service Protecting Pres. Bush

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A motorist tooling around an upscale Dallas neighborhood Wednesday night got an unexpected greeting from U.S. Secret Service agents when his muscle car accidentally hopped the curb and ended up on the lawn of a certain prominent person. Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, said the man was driving sometime around…

Secret Service Subdue 2 Men Who Got in Way of Presidential Motorcade

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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In this town, there’s a few simple rules. One of them is very very simple: Don’t get in the way of Presidential motorcade. The Secret Service takes that pretty seriously. On Thursday night, U.S. Secret Service police subdued two men who failed to get out of the way of…