Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The White House is using our beloved four-legged friends to help secure the area around the White House, PBS reports. Secret Service recently began deploying specialized canine units among the general public for the first time. “This is just one of the proactive, visible security methods being utilized,” said Secret Service spokesman…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Secret Service agent accused of molesting a child was sentenced to between 20 and 40 years in prison Tuesday, Boston CBS Local reports. Wilbur “Tom” Clark, 70, of East Kingston, N.H., pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated felonious…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Peruvian man is accused of printing millions of dollars in counterfeit U.S. currency, Bloomberg reports. Authorities arrested Pedro Sosa Inca Casana, 42, as he emerged from a taxi with $1.9 million in counterfeit bills, the Secret Service said. Authorities said the suspect was operating a counterfeiting operation out of a downtown…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service said it’s not worried about surreptitiously captured video of President Obama working out in a hotel in Poland, the Associated Press reports. A hotel guest is believed to have captured the video, which has gone viral on the Internet. The video offers a candid look at President Obama grimacing…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service agents are expected to be on their best behavior this time. Two years after the infamous prostitution scandal rocked the Secret Service, agents are returning to Columbia where Vice President Biden is expected to travel during the week of June 16, the Daily Caller reports. “In Colombia, the Vice President…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Supreme Court halted a lawsuit that alleges unequal treatment by Secret Service agents. The Washington Post reports that the court unanimously ruled that agents were immune from the lawsuit because they were responsible for distancing protesters from then-President George W. Bush following a 2-0-4 campaign event in Jacksonville, Ore. “The maintenance…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com What seemed like a leisurely stroll outside of the secured confines of the White House for President Obama was anything but leisurely for the Secret Service who is responsible for protecting the president. The Washington Post reports that Obama surprised many by leaving his usual bubble to greet people on the streets…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The upcoming film, “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” is about an international intelligence agency that recruits a wayward youth played by Taron Egerton. The film also stars Colin Firth, Michael Caine and Samuel L. Jackson. The trailer was released Tuesday.
