Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama plans to appoint a veteran Secret Service official to oversee the agency, Reuters reports. David O’Connor, a former assistant director of investigations who retired last year, is Obama’s pick for the post, which protects the president and other top federal officials, Reuters wrote. Senate confirmation is not required. Reuters wrote…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 26-year-old typist for the Treasury Department was denied a work pass for the White House in 1945 but she never knew why. Turns out, the Secret Service reported that Frances Levy may be a communist, according to a four-page report from an archivist, the Washington Post reports. Levy’s family said she…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Black Secret Service agents cleared a major hurdle this week in a discrimination lawsuit that claims the Department of Homeland Security has passed over African Americans for promotions, Reuters reports. U.S. District Court Judge Richard Roberts ruled the eight current and former agents meet requirements for class recertification, a key technicality…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Rex Scouten served 10 families as a Secret Service agent and was so popular that then-President Ronald Reagan named his dog “Rex” in honor of the Scouten. The Washington Post reports that Scouten, who lived in Fairfax, VA., died Wednesday at a local hospital at the age of 88. Harry S. Truman…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan, who served under two presidents, steps down on Friday after a long reign at the head of the agency. Sullivan, who had been director since 2006, had a successful run as director, but his tenure was not without heartburn. He had to deal with the couple…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Homeland Security is preparing sweeping budget cuts that could result in as many as 1,000 Secret Service agents, officers and others being furloughed, the Washington Guardian reports. In an agency wide memo last week, officials warned of reductions that are needed in the event of sequestration, which is an automatic budget cut…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Secret Service dog fell to its death from a parking garage in New Orleans Saturday while on guard for an event featuring Vice President Biden, The Hill reports. Biden was speaking at a fundraiser for Sen. Mary Landrieau when the dog fell. “It was a tragic accident,” Secret Service spokesman Max…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A DEA agent is accused of sending a prostitute to a Secret Service agent in Colombia while the pair were in the country working, the Huffington Post reports, citing a Justice Department report. The reports says a Secret Service supervisory agent received a massage and sex while preparing for President Obama’s visit….
