By Carol D. Leonnig Washington Post Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Secret Service has decided to remove four of its most senior officials while a fifth has decided to retire, the biggest management shake-up at the troubled agency since its director resigned in October after a string of security lapses, according to people familiar with…
Ogden Newspapers Editorial Board Unless the Secret Service is shaken up at the very top, the agency charged with protecting the president and other top officials will not correct problems that threaten its mission, an investigation has concluded. After scandal after scandal – including lapses in which the president was put at risk – a…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration has repeatedly denied that anyone from his administration was involved with the Secret Service’s 2012 prostitution scandal in Columbia. But the Washington Post reports that new information suggests one of the presidential advance-team members was involved but never thorough investigated. In fact, the White House continued to say…
By Dan Emmett Washington Post These are disturbing days for the agency charged with protecting the president of the United States. From prostitutes in Colombia to drunkenness in Amsterdam, it is no wonder that so many members of Congress — as well as former agents — have lost patience with a Secret Service that can’t…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Socialite Jill Kelley, who has shunned the limelight since the scandal that cost David Petraeus his job as head of the CIA, is reportedly back in the public eye, News Track India reports. Kelley and her husband were spotted handing out holiday meals during a charity event on Thanksgiving. Kelley’s complaints about…
By Kim Barker and Justin Elliott ProPublica In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture — and big donors — have fallen through the cracks. Consider this our Top 6 list of need-to-know facts on social welfare nonprofits, also known as…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Jan Mann, the first Assistant U.S. Attorney in the New Orelans office, who was embroiled in controversy, has retired from the office, along with her husband, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Gordon Russell of the Times-Picayune reports: Jan Mann was demoted from her dual management posts last month — she had…
By NOLA.com The Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS — Abruptly ending an 11-year run highlighted by the convictions of more than a dozen crooked politicians, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten resigned Thursday morning amid a metastasizing scandal in his office that started with prosecutors posting anonymous screeds on NOLA.com. Letten was the nation’s longest-serving U.S. attorney, having been…
