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…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When bullets were fired in Dallas on November 22, 1963, many of the Secret Service agents hired to protect President John F. Kennedy failed in their duties, the Vanity Fair reports in an examination of the actions taken by the White House security detail. “Roy Kellerman, the leader of the security…
By Glenn Harlan Reynolds USA Today Column There’s a connection between the Secret Service’s Colombian hooker scandal and Americans’ increased worry about Ebola. Both have to do with trust. Until recently, if you’d asked Americans to pick government institutions characterized by efficiency and professionalism, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Secret Service…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some members of Congress and other experts believe the next director of the Secret Service should come from outside because much of the agency’s problems are its insular culture, the USA Today reports. If the White House taps someone with no ties to the agency, it will be the first time…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Four former senior government officials will head up an independent review of the beleaguered Secret Service, Washington Times reports. The review panel will include two former officials for former President George W. Bush and two who have served under President Obama. The panel is expected to submit its findings and recommendations…
