By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A watchdog report has sharply criticized the Secret Service for refusing to disclose mandatory data on its computer security systems to Homeland Security, making it difficult to measure the department’s security practices, the Hill reports. The report by the DHS Office of Inspector General condemned the Secret Service, saying its…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service is investigating claims that Creed singer Scott Stapp was on a mission to assassinate President Obama on the delusional belief that he was working for the CIA, People reports. The singer’s wife told a 911 operator last month that Stapp was having a schizophrenic episode, riding shirtless on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A year after Secret Service agents fatally shot Mariam Carey in Washington D.C., many of the circumstances leading to her death remain a mystery, Gawker reports. The 34-year-old dental hygienist from Connecticut made a U-turn at a White House checkpoint before she was gunned down by the Secret Service and Capitol…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The man who jumped over a White House fence and burst into the White House in September managed to avoid security because of a litany of problems with the Secret Service, CNN reports. A Homeland Security report found numerous failures that allowed Omar Gonzalez to so easily access the White House….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An off-duty Secret Service officer shot a man outside a Wal-Mart after he allegedly stole from the big-box store in Woodbridge, Va., the Associated Press reports. Authorities said the 21-year-old man who was shot Thursday had broken jewelry cases using a hammer at a Wal-Mart. The man who was shot, Mohamed…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mike Vigil knows a thing or two about the secret world of anti-drug agents. The DEA’s former chief of international operations, Vigil spent 18 years abroad as an agent, Global Post reports. Now he’s sharing that experience in a new memoir called “Deal.” The book is packed with thrilling observations and…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The highlight of Kenneth Tate’s career as a private security guard was riding an elevator with President Obama in Atlanta. That ride has cost Tate his $42,000-a-year job, the New York Times reports. President Obama was visiting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when Tate took the elevator ride. It…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Who should replace the leader at the embattled Secret Service? In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the nation’s largest police union is recommending former Senate Sergeant-at-Arms and U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer, the USA Today reports. The recommendation follows the resignation of Julia Pierson, the agency’s first…
