White House
FBI Investigates Who Hacked AP Twitter Feed with Bogus News about White House Explosions
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is trying to determine how a hacker or hackers were able to send out a bogus tweet that President Obama was injured in a White House bombing using the Associated Press’ Twitter feed, Reuters reports. The tweet caused markets to nosedive briefly and sent some people into panic. The AP…
Secret Service Plans to End Public Tours of White House to Save Money
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Secret Service plans to save $2 million by ending public tours of the White House beginning March 9, CNN reports. It’s a small fraction of the cuts that need to be made to absorb $84 million in reduction as part of the sequestration, CNN reported. The Secret Service pays 37 uniformed officers…
Young Typist Denied White House Job in 1945 Because of Antiwar Support
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 26-year-old typist for the Treasury Department was denied a work pass for the White House in 1945 but she never knew why. Turns out, the Secret Service reported that Frances Levy may be a communist, according to a four-page report from an archivist, the Washington Post reports. Levy’s family said she…
Justice Department Faces Serious Cuts If Sequestration Isn’t Avoided Today
Steve Neavling ticklethewire The Justice Department faces $1.6 billion in cuts – nearly 10% of it budget – if Congress and the White House can’t reach an agreement on the nation’s spending plan by later today, NPR reports. Obama earlier warned of big cuts to federal law enforcement. “FBI Agents will be furloughed,” Obama warned….
FBI Probe of News Leaks Chills Relations with Media
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Media coverage of national security issues has become more difficult because employees at federal agencies have been afraid to speak out since the FBI began its hunt for leakers of sensitive information, the New York Times reports. In one of the most thorough criminal investigations of intelligence disclosures in years, agents are…
What Leaks Are Being Investigated, and What’s the Law on Leaks?
By Cora Currier ProPublica Recent scoops on national security have drawn the ire of Republican lawmakers, who have accused the Obama White House of leaking stories that burnish its image. Obama responded that he has “zero tolerance” for leaks. He also said: “the writers of these articles have all stated unequivocally that they didn’t come…
What Leaks Are Being Investigated, and What’s the Law on Leaks?
By Cora Currier ProPublica Recent scoops on national security have drawn the ire of Republican lawmakers, who have accused the Obama White House of leaking stories that burnish its image. Obama responded that he has “zero tolerance” for leaks. He also said: “the writers of these articles have all stated unequivocally that they didn’t come…