By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Alfred Wong, a former Secret Service official who reportedly oversaw the installation of the taping system at the Nixon White House, and whose job at one point was to prevent the White House from being bugged, died last week of mesothelioma, a form of cancer, the Washington Post reported….
white house photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is looking into two death threats against President Obama that surfaced on Twitter regarding the historic health care vote in the House, according to the Daily Telegraph of Australia. “We are aware of the comments and are taking the appropriate investigative action,”…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s one secret the Secret Service would rather keep secret. ABC’s Jason Ryan reports that “a classified review of the United States Secret Service’s computer technology found that the agency’s computers were fully operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems and a reliance on a computer mainframe…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A former high ranking Secret Service agent was among 22 executives of military and law enforcement supply companies indicted this week in an FBI sting involving foreign bribery and sale of small arms, amunition and protective gear to Africa. Patrick Caldwell, the chief executive officer of Florida-based Protective Products…
By Allan Lengel ticklethwire.com WASHINGTON — U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan has taken his share of lumps over the party crashing incident at the White House involving the now famous Salahis. In fact, some observers say he looked worn out when he recently went before Congress to testify on the matter and took blame…
Parker Protected Pres. Ford/pres. library photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — James L. “Lee” Parker, a 34-year veteran of the U.S. Secret Service, who worked on presidential details including ones where attempts were made on President Ford’s life, died last month in Virginia at age 70, the Washington Post reported. The paper reported that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Here’s one way for the neglected to get some attention during the holiday season. Threaten the life of Michelle Obama. The Boston Globe reports that the Secret Service in Hawaii arrested Kristy Lee Roshia on Saturday after she called the agency’s Boston office to threaten the life of Michelle Obama. Roshia …
In Washington, rivalries between federal law enforcement agencies aren’t all that unusual. This certainly won’t help. By PETER BAKER New York Times WASHINGTON — A former director of the Secret Service said Friday that the F.B.I. had engaged in an “abuse of power” by trying to pressure him to “give us the president” during the…
