Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It’s one way to avoid paying fare. A man is accused of impersonating a Secret Service agent on a the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail in hopes of not being asked to pay, Boston.com reports. The Secret Service is investigating. “We’re aware of the incident and we are investigating it,” Special…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Michael Mullen, a former assistant to the special agent in charge of the Secret Service, has joined Cyveillance as vice president of security services, PR Newswire reports. Mullen served for 25 years as a special agent. In his new role, Mullen will oversee products that include web and social media monitoring and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray is tired of traffic jams caused by dignitaries visiting the capital. In a stern letter sent Tuesday, Gray said the Secret Service protocols need to be changed because “significant portions of downtown Washington (are) being paralyzed by traffic,” the Washington Post reports. The Secret Service responded that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A network engineer managed to listen to phone calls to the FBI and Secret Service by using Google Maps. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Bryan Seely created fake listings and was able to listen to calls at the FBI office in San Francisco and the Secret Service office in Washington D.C. When…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Armed with a loaded rifle, a machete and gasoline, a man threatened to kill former president George W. Bush and win over one of his two daughters, USA Today reports. The Secret Service arrested Benjamin Smith, 44, in New York City after he told agents he was “working on a relationship with…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Florida Republican discovered a quick way to get a visit from the Secret Service. The Daily Caller reports that an African American candidate for state assembly tweeted Tuesday that he believes President Obama should be arrested and hanged. But the candidate, Joshua Black, didn’t stop there. He posted this on Facebook:…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service is investigating a potential link between the recent hacking of consumer data from Target and the arrest of two Mexicans over the weekend, Reuters reports. The Mexicans were found with a cache of fraudulent credit cards. Target said the breach ended in the theft of 40 million credit and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A former Secret Service agent faces up to 35 years in prison after being charged with stealing counterfeit money and trying to pass it off, the First Coast News reports. Anthony Eugene Preissig, 47, is accused of stealing counterfeit money from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office in Florida. Preissig retired in 2012…
