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…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Presidential GOP hopeful Ron Paul is the only candidate left who doesn’t have Secret Service protection, and he has something to say about that. He thinks it amounts to a “form of welfare,” according to CNN. “You’re having the taxpayers pay to take care of somebody,” Paul told talk show host…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Now comes the lighter side of the bumpy Republican presidential campaign. The New York Daily News reports that GQ magazine has revealed the Secret Service code names for candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum. The paper reported that Romney chose the name “Javelin”. The paper reported that some speculated the name…
