By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In its rush to hire new Secret Service officers to handle serious security lapses, the agency placed several dozen new people in sensitive positions, even though they had not completed the required national security clearance process, the Washington Post reports, citing two unnamed government sources. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy told…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s decision to join Twitter unleashed a torrent of hateful, even threatening tweets that have already caught the attention of the Secret Service. Not only that, the White House is archiving every response to @POTUS, the Washington Post reports. So the newspaper kindly reminds readers to be wise when tweeting…
By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post WASHINGTON — A top member of President Obama’s Secret Service detail under investigation for his conduct during a White House bomb threat probe notified the agency this week that he plans to retire, according to officials familiar with his decision. The decision by Marc Connolly came ahead of…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com After several embarrassing failures to protect the White House from jumpers, the Secret Service has added sharp metal spikes to the fence, NBC News reports. “The temporary design solution for the White House complex fence is meant to improve security, while minimizing visual impacts and respecting the significance of the White…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service agents have come under heavy criticism over the past few years for reports of wild sex parties, drunken driving and other seedy behavior. But that media attention often misses the positive side of the Secret Service. While preparing for former president Bill Clinton’s visit to Nairobi, Kenya, several agents…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Members of Congress are finding little reason to begin trusting the Secret Service again after a series of blunders and employee problems. The House Oversight and Government Reform committee discovered this week that Alvin “A.T.” Smith, who was ousted as deputy director of the agency, is still paid by the Secret…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For more than a year, former president George H.W. Bush’s home had a broken alarm system and Secret Service failed to fix it, the Washington Post reports. Although the alarm system monitors the property and the house, the agency rejected requests to replace it since 2010, according to an inspector general…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com For more than a year, former president George H.W. Bush’s home had a broken alarm system and Secret Service failed to fix it, the Washington Post reports. Although the alarm system monitors the property and the house, the agency rejected requests to replace it since 2010, according to an inspector general…
