Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service threatened to shoot the New York Mets’ mascot with a sniper if he approached then-President Bill Clinton in 1997, the New York Daily News reports. AJ Mass, who once wore the Mr. Met costume, detailed the account in his new memoir, “Yes, It’s Hot in Here — Adventures in…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Wanted: Hispanics to join the Secret Service. Saying he wants to diversify the agency’s staff, which protects the president, vice president and others, Secret Service Senior Special Agent Clarence Jorif said only 7% of the 4,400 sworn agents are Hispanic, the Dallas Morning News reports. “We are looking at affording the opportunity…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former secret service agent who was shot protecting presidential candidate George Wallace in May 1972 has died. Nicholas J. Zarvos was 79. He died Wednesday after a fight with leukemia, the Kansas City Star reports. “That came as such a shock to all of us, because he had always been such…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service’s first female director was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to discuss the misbehavior of her male subordinates. CNN reports that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson brushed off allegations of widespread problems among employees, saying recent highly publicized allegations were unusual. “These are isolated incidents of misconduct and we’re working…
By Dan Emmett Washington Post These are disturbing days for the agency charged with protecting the president of the United States. From prostitutes in Colombia to drunkenness in Amsterdam, it is no wonder that so many members of Congress — as well as former agents — have lost patience with a Secret Service that can’t…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com While new spread across the U.S. that three Secret Service agents were sent home from Amsterdam after one of them was found passed out drunk in a hallway. But the Washington Post reports that hard-partying Amsterdam residents barely registered the news. The newspapers weren’t interested either. “These are young guys. It happens,”…
By Carol D. Leonnig, David Nakamura and Michael Birnbaum Washington Post Staff Writers WASHINGTON — As the U.S. Secret Service arrived in the Netherlands last weekend for a presidential trip, managers were already on high alert to avoid any further embarrassing incidents involving agents. The agency’s director had admonished supervisors after two counter-sniper officers suspected…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Well, this won’t help the U.S. Secret Service if it’s trying to shake it rep as a party-and-get-crazy agency. Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura of the Washington Post report that three Secret Service agents on the presidential detail this week in Amsterdam were sent home and put on administrative leave…
