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…
This story as told by Edmund Skrodzki, ex-Secret Service and current executive director of campus safety and security at The Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus. Baltimore Magazine There’s never a typical day with the Secret Service. One day you can be doing an investigation, and the next day they send you out to be…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Patrick Caldwell is breathing a few sighs of relief. Bloomberg reports that the ex-deputy assistant director of the Secret Service had conspiracy charges against him thrown out last week. In the first prosecution of alleged foreign bribery charges based on a government sting operation run inside the country, US District Judge Richard…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A former top Secret Service official has been endorsed by Republican Rep. John Boehner as the next Seargeant at Arms, in charge of protecting all lawmakers, congressional staff and visitors to the Capitol Complex, reports the Hill. On Monday Boehner recommended former Assistant Director for Administration Paul Irving to replace outgoing…
By Danny Fenster tickelthewire.com Some unlucky shoppers fell victim to a credit and debit card-skimming operation in Northern California at the unfortunately named Lucky supermarket in San Leandro recently. The market is the 24th in Northern California to be victimized by such a scheme, according to ABC News. More than 500 customers called Lucky about…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Apparently those dismal approval ratings are not the whole story. An adoring fan grabbed the president by the arm at Scranton High School in Pennsylvania on Wednesday as he shook hands with supporters. ABC describes the president as walking into the high school to a “rock-star welcome” when the woman grabbed…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The feds are taking the lead in the high-profile probe into child sex allegations involving Syracuse University associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine, who was fired Sunday, the Post Standard reported. The paper reported that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Syracuse and the U.S. Secret Service are taking the lead in…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com We’re getting a little more insight as to why presidential candidate Herman Cain was granted Secret Service protection — the first candidate to get protection in this campaign season. Apparently Cain asked for it, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and congressional leaders approved it Thursday, reports the Washington Post. The…
