By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com After months of campaigning, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will now have the protection of the Secret Service, reports ABC News. While there are no specific threats to the candidate, the increased crowds at Romney’s speaking events warrant the added security, according to ABC. Former Republican hopeful Herman Cain, who has…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Alabama isn’t exactly considered a hotbed of terrorism activity. But on Friday, an Uzbek national living in the U.S. pleaded in Birmingham, Ala., to providing material support to terrorist activities and threatening to kill President Obama — all as part of a federal sting. Ulugbek Kodirov, 22, of Uzbekistan, becomes…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Secret Service agent Daniel Valencia’s drunken driving ordeal in Iowa has come to an end. The WCF Courier reports that Vaencia, who had gone to Decorah, Iowa ahead of President Obama’s visit last year, was sentenced Friday to two days in jail, but credited with time served. He was off-duty when…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The man who tried to assassinate president Ronald Reagan “would not pose a significant risk” if given more freedom from the mental hospital he resides at, a forensic psychologist testified Tuesday in federal court in D.C. The psychologist, Paul Montalbano. testified during the 11th day of proceedings which sought to determine how…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Former Secret Service agent R. Patrick Caldwell was acquitted on Monday of bribery charges involving his body armor company and foreign officials, Reuters reports. Caldwell was accused of trying to bribe a foreign official during a sting where FBI agents posed as representatives of African leaders seeking to by arms. Reuters…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Here’s a record-breaker for the kinkiest financial fraud: Allegations in a fed probe in Georgia suggest the leader of a credit card cloning ring demanded his co-conspirators, in order to prove themselves, had to engage in sexual acts with him, other men and women while being videotaped, reports the Athens Banner-Herald…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Federal agents detained an armed man outside of the Dallas home of President George W. Bush, reports Reuters. The man had a weapon in his car but was released after being questioned on Tuesday, a spokesman for the US Secret Service told Reuters. The unidentified man told agents and local police…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Occupy protestors in Washington, D.C., drew the Secret Service out after throwing a smoke bomb on the White House lawn, reports KSTC-TV. U.S. Secret Service spokesman George Ogilvie says there were no arrests made when agents dispersed the crowd on Tuesday night. Still, the White House was on lock down, as…
