By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service Director Julia Pierson accepted full responsibility for the recent White House intrusion and pledged to improve security at a House Oversight Committee hearing Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reports. Pierson divulged that Omar J. Gonzalez, who was armed with a knife, made it deeper into the White House on…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Omar J. Gonzalez was armed with a knife when he managed to make it much deeper into the White House mansion than previously disclosed, the New York Times reports. The 42-year-old made it to the ceremonial East Room after overpowering a Secret Service agent inside the North Portico entrance. Gonzalez finally…
By Steve Neavling tickethewire.com Although President Obama recently expressed confidence in the Secret Service, his actions may speak louder. Boston.com reports that Obama and his wife were incensed with the Secret Service’s handling of what turned out to be shots fired at the White House in 2011. The news comes a little more than a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com An Army veteran who climbed over a White House fence and made a mockery of security was twice interviewed by Secret Service agents earlier this summer in Virginia and Washington, the Associated Press reports. Yet during those interviews, the Secret Service determined Omar J. Gonzalez was not a security threat. The…
By Kathleen Kingsbury Boston Globe  Last Friday, a man with a knife was able to jump the White House fence on Pennsylvania Avenue and make his way into the president’s residence. The intruder allegedly had more than 800 rounds of ammunition in his car, a federal prosecutor said on Monday. In response, the Secret Service…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was an embarrassment and failure of the Secret Service. An Army veteran with a pocketknife scaled the White House fence and entered the executive mansion Friday. The Wall Street Journal reports that Secret Service is reviewing ways to better protect the White House. The suspect on Friday, Omar J. Gonzalez,…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Local and federal authorities raided the home Thursday of the murder suspect of two district attorneys and one of their spouses, NBCDFW.com reports. Meanwhile, lawyers for suspect Eric Williams plan to ask a judge today for a trial delay, saying they need more time. It’s believed that new evidence surfaced during…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com More than 2,000 immigrants were released from jail because of budget concerns, but the Homeland Security secretary was never notified, according to a critical report from the inspector general. The Associated Press reports that ICE also poorly planned for the influx of immigrant arrests at the Mexico border and failed to accurately…
