By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Secret Service has decided to remove four of its most senior officials while a fifth has decided to retire, the biggest management shake-up at the troubled agency since its director resigned in October after a string of security lapses, according to people familiar with…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Secret Service Agent Daniel Bongino bashed President Obama for blaming the Secret Service on his decision to bail out on the anti-terrorism rally in Paris, the Daily Caller reports. Bongino, who has become an outspoken conservative, said the president was “acting like a petulant child” for not just admitting he…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service’s ability to carry out its duties to protect the president was compromised by the expansion of duties in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Washington Post reports. That explains the recent string of embarrassing security lapses, the Post reported, citing interviews and government documents….
Ogden Newspapers Editorial Board Unless the Secret Service is shaken up at the very top, the agency charged with protecting the president and other top officials will not correct problems that threaten its mission, an investigation has concluded. After scandal after scandal – including lapses in which the president was put at risk – a…
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….
