By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Justice Department issued a statement Monday afternoon in response to a story in ticklethewire. com in which a defense attorney accused a California FBI agent of using thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ money to pay for prostitutes in the Philippines for himself and three defendants in a arms trafficking sting….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com An undercover California FBI agent is being accused of spending thousands of taxpayer dollars on prostitutes in the Philippines “for himself and for defendants” in a gun-trafficking sting and that “many of the prostitutes were likely minors.” The ticklethewire.com has reviewed the allegations in court papers that were filed on September…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It would seem like common sense that if you’re a Secret Service agent and you’re on the road, you shouldn’t booze it up too much and bring prostitutes back to the hotel. Well, obviously some Secret Service agents needed a little more guidance and common sense. So after the Colombia-prostitute scandal,…
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…
James G. Huse is a retired Inspector General for Social Security and the retired assistant director of the U.S. Secret Service. He occasionally writes a column for ticklethewire.com. He currently a Senior Advisor for a major consulting firm. By James G. Huse ticklethewirecom I have been somewhat “retired” from this column for many months, but…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The prostitute-Secret Service controversy continues to unfold. CNN reports that the Secret Service has yanked the security clearances of 11 members who are accused of bringing prostitutes to a hotel in Colombia. The incident happened late last week before President Obama was to arrive in that country for a summit. CNN…
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…
Ok. There’s two levels of interest when it comes to these documents. One level: Did the government have justification to go as far as it did to get wiretaps and follow Eliot Spitzer to the landmark hotel, the Mayflower, in Washington? The second level is purely fodder for the tabloids: Juicy details of the underground…
