Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The endless search for answers in the JFK assassination was the impetus for yet another film. “JFK: The Smoking Gun” pursues this question: Did a Secret Service Agent accidentally shoot President Kennedy in Dallas in November of 1963? The docudrama that will air on ReelzChannel is based on the book, “Mortal Error:…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 4-minute trailer of Roland Emmerich’s thriller “White House Down” was released with much fanfare. The film focuses on a capitol policeman, played by Channing Tatum, who was denied a dream job with the Secret Service. But while taking his girl on a tour of the White House, Tatum’s character, John Cale,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. Secret Service say it has cracked one of the largest ever international money-laundering schemes, Fox News reports. Authorities in Costa Rica, Spain and New York have arrested five people accused in a $6 billion money laundering scheme involving an online company based in Costa Rica The company, named Liberty Reserve,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Vice President Joe Biden is charging rent to his taxpayer-funded Secret Service protection so the agents can live in a cottage next to his house in Delaware, The Inquisitr reports. Under the rental agreement, which was discovered when the vice president filed his tax return, Biden receives $2,200 a month, the same…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It created a buzz in D.C. before the announcement. President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced his intention to name Julia A. Pierson as the 23rd Director of the U.S. Secret Service and the first woman to head the agency. The following is a press release that was posted on the Secret…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com President Obama will name Julia Pierson as director of the U.S. Secret Service, the first female to head that agency, USA Today reported. An official announcement is expected Tuesday afternoon. Pierson, 53, now serves as the service’s chief of staff, USA Today reports. Other women who head law enforcement agencies include…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service on Thursday issued a statement, calling “inaccurate” a story in The Atlantic entitled “How the Secret Service Almost Shot Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.” Ed Donovan, a Secret Service spokesman, stated: “In September of 2007, one of our personnel assigned to the Iranian presidential protective detail accidentally discharged one round from…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a chilling close call in September 2006, a Secret Service agent inadvertently fired his shotgun as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was loading a motorcade, The Atlantic reports. The Secret Service called the report inaccurate. The Atlantic reported that the agent was adjusting a shotgun on a Suburban when the gun went…
