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computer technology found that the agency’s computers were fully operational only 60 percent of the time because of outdated systems and a reliance on a computer mainframe…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…
This report clearly shows the difficulties the Secret Service is up against. The big question is: Is the Secret Service learning and improving from each and every mistake? secret service photo By Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — Long before a pair of gate-crashers penetrated a White House state dinner, the Secret…
The publicity seeking Salahis/facebook photo By Allan Lengel For Sphere.com (A New AOL News Site) WASHINGTON – The Salahis were hardly the first to embarrass the Secret Service by crashing presidential security. And it will probably happen again. One man did it twice. The Rev. Rich C. Weber shook hands with President Clinton at his…
