By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Secret Service agent for President Obama is expressing optimism that he is going to win Maryland’s Sixth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in what he characterizes “a huge upset,” WND.com reports. Daniel Bongino, the Republican candidate, said he’s feeling good about his chances. “I can…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service paid a visit to an anti-Obama artist because of some unusual tweets. And most of the interview was caught on video. Th artist known as Sabo aroused suspicion following several tweets. One of them involved bringing Harvey Lee Oswald back from the dead as a zombie. Other Stories…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A federal investigator in charge of a prostitution scandal involving the Secret Service in 2012 has stepped down after surveillance allegedly caught him with a prostitute in Florida, the New York Daily News reports. Homeland Security investigator David Nieland resigned Aug. 9, ostensibly for health reasons. But federal officials…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The latest person to jump the fence of the White House was found incompetent for trial following a psychiatric screening, MSNBC reports. The 23-year-old suspect’s behavior was odd in a U.S. district courtroom where he shouted “help me” and claimed he was a “targeted individual.” Dominic Adesanya was arrested last…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A man who jumped the White House fence and kicked a Secret Service K-9 in the snout and punched another of the agency’s dog was charged with felonies in the attacks. The New York Times reports that felony charge were filed against Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Maryland, for assaulting law enforcement…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Yet another man has jumped the White House fence. This time an unarmed man, Dominic Adesanya, hopped the fence around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Huffington Post reports. The 23-year-old man was tackled by Secret Service dogs. He was the seventh White House fence jumped this year. Other Stories of Interest County…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com These bank robbers don’t wear masks or slip notes to a teller. “We’re in a day when a person can commit about 15,000 bank robberies sitting in their basement,” said Robert Anderson, executive assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Cyber Response and Services Branch. The FBI and Secret Service warned companies…
Michael D. Langan Special to the Buffalo News It is time for Treasury defenders in Congress to return the Secret Service to Treasury’s oversight. When I served as senior adviser to the under secretary for enforcement at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 1988 to 1998, the Secret Service was one of the proud…
