By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Presidential candidate Herman Cain — Mr. 9-9-9 — will get U.S. Secret Service protection, the first Republican candidate to do so, CNN reported. The question is: Are there just too many hostile people out there who are tired of hearing Cain spout his “999” tax policy? CNN said it’s unclear why…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A bullet hit the White House, but was stopped by ballistic glass, reports the Associated Press. Because the investigation is ongoing Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan declined to answer questions about the incident, including the room of the hit window are the caliber of the bullet, AP reported. Additional rounds were found…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Despite catching flack from critics, Vice President Joseph R. Biden will continue to charge the Secret Service rent for a cottage on his Delaware property so they can protect him, the Washington Times reports. The paper reports that a Nov. 2 purchase order shows Secret Service approved rent payments of $2,200…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com In most cases, most people who impersonate a federal agent were never a federal agent. Not even close. Then there’s Sandra Elder. Elder, a former Secret Service, agent pleaded guilty last week in Flordia to impersonating a federal law enforcement officer, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Sentencing is set for…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Being a Peeping Tom can be dangerous business. The Associated Press reports that an an off-duty Secret Service agent fired a shot Sunday night at someone he susupected of videotaping his daughter through a window at their home at Mercer Island in the Seattle area. AP, citing police, reported that the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Paper money has often been cited as one of the dirtiest materials we touch every day. But if someone offers to wash it for you, kindly decline. Authorities in Providence, R.I. last week arrested two Liberian nationals in an expanding “black money” scheme that has already cost three New Englanders $170,000,…
By Jeff Stein Spy Talk WASHINGTON –A business partner of the self-appointed spy who stole hundreds of Occupy Wall Street emails last month and posted them online was convicted of using excessive force as a Secret Service agent, court records show, and sentenced to six months incarceration in a halfway house. Kevin Schatzle lists himself…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Secret Service got a little visit Wednesday from one of its protectees — First lady Michelle Obama. Politico reports that she checked out the intricate works that goes into protecting her family. She called the daily task of agents “pretty scary.” “All I can say is, after my little tour,…
