By Clarence Williams and Mary Pat Flaherty Washington Post WASHINGTON — A D.C. police officer who worked as a motorcycle escort for White House officials and other dignitaries was moved to administrative duty Wednesday after he allegedly was overheard making threatening comments toward Michelle Obama, according to several police officials. The police department’s Internal Affairs…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A log of complaints against Secret Service employees shows a variety of misconduct, including an allegation that an agent was intoxicated while he was supposed to be protecting a foreign leader, Bloomberg News reports. The federal government released the 229-page log this weekend in response to a Freedom of Information Act by…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Word on the street is that actress Maggie Gyllenhaal may play a Secret Service agent in the upcoming film “White House Down.” Channing Tatum has already been cast as a Secret Service agent. Gyllenhaal is in talks to play a patriotic Secret Service Agent, reports Film School Rejects. Jamie Foxx is in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The big guys and gals have weighed in on the matter and Secret Service has come out on top. The Supreme Court ruled Monday unanimously in favor of two Secret Service agents, saying they can’t be sued, according to the New York Times. The court ruled against a Colorado protestor, who…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Four of the Secret Service agents fired in the recent Colombian sex scandal are fighting their dismissals, screams today’s front-page headline of the Washington Post. Above the fold. For agents who already object to the agency’s handling of the incident, more public humiliation can’t help. The dismissed agents say they are being…
By Shayna Jacobs and Larry McShane New York Daily News The Colombian hooker wasn’t the first lady — or the second. Disgraced Secret Service agent Arthur Huntington’s extramarital conquests began during the George W. Bush administration, when he did the Texas two-step with a pair of Lone Star lovelies. While one knew the amorous agent…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now it’s the DEA’s turn. CBS News is reporting that the Justice Department Inspector General’s Office is investigating allegations that three DEA hired hookers in Colombia. The incident is unrelated to the Secret Service debacle. However, CBS reported that DEA said the initial info came from the Secret Service. OTHER STORIES…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Poor Secret Service. Maligned after the Colombia hooker scandal. And now this. Rep. Barney Frank doesn’t want them at his wedding in July when he marries partner Jim Ready. The New York Times reports that he wanted to invite the President, but he didn’t want the Secret Service there. “If he…
