Scandal in Oregon? U.S. Attorney Placed on Leave Pending Investigation, Local Paper Reports

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Oregon’s U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall may have troubles of her own to deal with. The Willamette Weekly, Portland’s alternative newspaper, reports that the Justice Department placed Marshall on leave earlier this month pending an investigation of allegations that she stalked one of her male prosecutors. The paper reports that the stalking…

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Secret Service Has Strict, New Policy Limiting When Agents Can Drive After Drinking

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Secret Service is implementing a new policy that bars agents and other employees from driving government cars within 10 hours of drinking alcohol, The Washington Post reports.  The policy comes after the embarrassing discovery that two agents allegedly interrupted a bomb-threat investigation scene at the White House earlier this month….

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