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Biden Secret Service U-Haul stolen in Detroit
Update posted below. The Secret Service has reported that a U-Haul truck loaded with equipment for a Monday night appearance by Vice President Joe Biden has been stolen from in Detroit. According to CNN, the truck was stolen from a hotel parking lot overnight. Spokesman Ted Donovan said, “A U-Haul…
Secret Service chief apologizes for sex scandal
WASHINGTON — The head of the Secret Service apologized Wednesday for the sex scandal in Colombia that tarnished the reputation of the elite security force, as allegations of more misconduct surfaced. The Secret Service has been scrambling to contain fallout from the mid-April affair involving prostitutes and its agents in…
Congress to hold hearing on Secret Service sex scandal
The US Senate will hold a hearing May 23 to question the head ofthe Secret Service about the recent sex scandal involving its agents and prostitutes in Colombia, Senator Joseph Lieberman announced. “We’re going to hold a public hearing … May 23rd, at which we’re going to have Director Mark Sullivan of the Secret Service and the acting…
Secret Service probes El Salvador prostitution claims
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service told US lawmakers Thursday it is investigating new accusations of misconduct in El Salvador, where agents of a presidential advance team reportedly partied at a strip club and paid for sex. “Earlier this week the US Secret Service received a call concerning the allegations,” the…
WATCH LIVE: Senate hearing on Secret Service sex scandal
The Senate Judiciary Committee questions Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano about the Secret Service prostitution scandal. Watch this live video from MSNBC, broadcast April 25, 2012. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Image via Flickr user John Taylor.…
Obama: Secret Service agents in scandal are ‘knuckleheads’
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday branded Secret Service agents embroiled in a Colombian prostitute scandal as “knuckleheads” who should not detract from the “incredible” work of the rest of his elite bodyguard unit. “The Secret Service, these guys are incredible,” Obama said at a…
Lieberman: Hold Obama ‘accountable’ for Secret Service scandal
Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday insisted that President Barack Obama and the White House should be held accountable for a sex scandal within the Secret Service and for lavish spending at the General Services Administration (GSA). “It would be unfair to hold President Obama responsible for this outrageous…
Secret Service to interview Ted Nugent Thursday
Conservative rocker Ted Nugent has confirmed that he will meet with the Secret Service on Thursday to determine if remarks he made were a threat to President Barack Obama’s life. “We actually have heard from the Secret Service and they have a duty,” Nugent told radio host Glenn Beck on…
Ted Nugent under the Secret Service’s eye – UPDATED w/ Romney response.
Note update, below. Once upon a time, I lived in a foreign land, and in that foreign land, in the midst of a season of threats and dehumanizing rhetoric, that country’s head of state was assassinated. Anyone who lived in Israel in 1995 knows all too painfully the power of…
Colbert: It’s the president’s job ‘to protect the Secret Service’
No one is probably more outraged at the Secret Service prostitute scandal in Colombia than Stephen Colbert, who lashed out at President Obama for not protecting the much maligned agents. The Comedy Central host agreed with conservative journalist Ron Kessler, saying “It’s clearly the president’s fault.” “We all know it’s…
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