By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The prostitute-Secret Service controversy continues to unfold. CNN reports that the Secret Service has yanked the security clearances of 11 members who are accused of bringing prostitutes to a hotel in Colombia. The incident happened late last week before President Obama was to arrive in that country for a summit. CNN…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service, which normally tries to stay in the background and garner as little attention as possible, is causing an international stir. CBS News reports that a dozen Secret Service agents were sent home from Colombia before the President arrived Friday for the Summit of Americas. The New York Times…
Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and Secret Service have jumped into a probe involving a ridiculous number of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh. The Daily mail reports that there have been 56 bomb threats since mid-February, prompting professors to start holding classes outside. The paper reports that investigators have a person of interest…
By Courthouse News Service Two Secret Service agents must face claims that they violated the First Amendment rights of protesters at a 2004 campaign stop for President George W. Bush, the 9th Circuit ruled Monday. The federal appeals court in Portland, Ore., denied qualified immunity to agents Tim Wood and Rob Savage, finding that they…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Secret Service agent Clint Hill has penned a book on his fond memories of protecting Jacqueline Kennedy. NBC’s TODAY Books reports that Hill, who protected Jackie O for for years, and became her confidant, has written a book entitled “Mrs. Kennedy and Me.” At one point in the book, Hill describes…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jokes and kidding only go so far with the Secret Service. The Monroe News-Star reports that the Secret Service is investigating an anti-President Obama remark made at a Rick Santorum appearance in Louisiana Friday morning. The paper reported that while Santorum was at the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office Rifle Range shooting…
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By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-Secret Service Agent Tom Rosfelder, who worked for the agency for 26 years, has been hired as the security director for the organizers of September’s Democratic convention in Charlotte, N.C., according to the Charlotte Observer, The native Ohio man will work with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the Secret Service, the…
