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Secret Service Director to Face Tough Questions Today Following More Problems
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Not many people want to be in Joe Clancy’s shoes. The longtime agent that President Obama recently appointed to lead the beleaguered Secret Service will face tough questions from lawmakers today over the latest embarrassment to hit the agency. Clancy is scheduled to appear before the House Appropriations Committee for a…
Ronald Kessler: Reform the Secret Service
Ronald Kessler is a former Washington Post reporter and the author of “The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents.” By Ronald Kessler Washington Post When Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashed a White House state dinner five years ago, President Obama said he “could not have more confidence” in…
Dallas Mavericks Richard Jefferson Seeks Help from FBI Following $2M Theft
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is reportedly investigating the theft of money from Dallas Mavericks forward Richard Jefferson. The New York Post reports that Jefferson accused his former business manager of stealing $2 million from his bank credit line. Jefferson recorded a covert call to Ted Kritza in which he confessed. Jefferson reported the…
Retired FBI Agent: Sheriff’s Office Intentionally Sabotaged Crime Scenes
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A retired FBI agent investigating the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office in California alleges local law enforcement intentionally sabotaged crime scenes in an effort to conceal the destruction of missing persons files, The Mercury News reports. Jeff Rinek, who was asked to help the bureau with the notorious “Speed Freak Killers”…
MassLive: Justice Department Is Wrong to Work with CIA on Spying on Americans
By MassLive Editorial If the CIA and the Justice Department were to get married, what kind of kids might the odd couple have? One answer: Spies who’d believe that they possess the legal smarts to talk their way out of nearly anything. When The Wall Street Journal reported late last year that the Justice Department was…
Border Patrol Agents May Lose $10M in Overtime As Part of Overhaul
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol agents are going to have a harder time getting overtime under a proposal to overhaul the system after a whistleblower exposed abuse, FOX10 News reports. The overhaul of the overtime system is expected to save about $100 million. The agents aren’t happy about the new system, though, because many…
Drunken Secret Service Agents May Not Have Interrupted Investigation at White House
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Serious claims launched against Secret Service agents may not be true. CNN interviewed law enforcement officials who contradicted a Washington Post story that asserted two Secret Service agents crashed through a crime scene at the White House. But according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation, the agents did not interrupt…