Secret Service

Coming to the US, the World's First Official History of an Intelligence Service; MI5

Rani Singh | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books


Rani Singh

It is the first time that any intelligence service, anywhere in the world, has allowed an historian to read through its files and record his or her findings.

Secret Service Spread Thin By Increase In Threats Against U.S. Leaders

Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics


An internal Congressional Research Service report says that the Secret Service does not that have the resources to deal with the unprecedented number ...

John Gimbel, California Man, Charged With Threatening Obama

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics


SAN FRANCISCO — A Northern California man remained in federal custody without bail Friday after being charged with sending racist, profanity-lac...

Orly Taitz: Washington Post Profiles 'Birther Queen'

The Washington Post | Liza Mundy | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.-The dental office of Orly Taitz, DDS, Esq., is in a low-slung complex in a quiet planned community in Orange County, al...

Why Does Facebook Want to Kill Obama?

Julie Farby | Posted 10.02.2009 | Technology


Julie Farby

OMG, what in sweet heavens has happened to our favoritest Facebook? The once friendly and innocent social networking site has suddenly morphed into a...

Facebook's Obama Assassination Poll More Than a Sick Joke

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

At any other time and with any other president, the Facebook poll might be shrugged off as a sick joke. But this is not another time or another president.

Experts: Pelosi Is Right To Fear Political Violence

Politico | Eamon Javers | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently invoked the grim specter of political violence, arguing that today's angry political climate could cause people to...

Ford's Lucky Day Revisited

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Thirty-four years later, the Secret Service is still trying to understand the mind of that 45 year old woman, mother and doctor's wife who aimed and shot at Gerald Ford.

Man Had Guns Outside Minneapolis Obama Rally

Minnesota Independent | Chris Steller | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics


Packing two pistols, a Rogers man with a Twin Towers tattoo on his arm spent seven hours Saturday among protesters outside Target Center, where Presid...

Arizona Pastor Spreads Hateful "Sermon" Against President Obama

CBN News | David Brody | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Maybe you've heard about this "sermon" or maybe you haven't. But before we go any further let me just say one thing: this guy is absolutely nuts. Ste...

Big Time Identity Theft Hackers Indicted: Tips to Avoid Being a Victim

Robert Siciliano | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media


Robert Siciliano

Federal investigators say that the hacker, Gonzalez, had been tipping off other hackers on how to evade detection of security and law enforcement worldwide; he had accessed 170 million accounts.

D.C. Delegate Calls For Ban On Guns Near Obama

The Hill | Jordy Yager | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) called on the Homeland Security Department and the U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday to provide tighter restriction...

The President Belongs To All Of Us

Paul Helmke | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Robert Gibbs' cavalier response to protesters carrying guns to presidential events was tone-deaf. This isn't a political issue and it isn't about the Second Amendment.

Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.

Women Criminals I have Known

Geri Spieler | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Geri Spieler

It seems it is the season for paroling women who attempt to assassinate our presidents and those who commit heinous crimes.

Man with a Gun Near Obama Rally -- Hell No!

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

Imagine he was Muslim and waiting for Bush with a gun. How long would that guy have lasted? You think they'd let him just sit there and wait for Bush?

Can the Secret Service Protect Obama?

Alexander Dresner | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Alexander Dresner

It has been said that the mark of good leadership are those who try to predict the future. What the Secret Service needs are individuals who attempt to predict various futures.

Obama Faces 30 Death Threats A Day: Book

Telegraph | Toby Harnden | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


US President Barack Obama is the target of more than 30 potential death threats a day and is being protected by an increasingly over-stretched and und...

Mary Cheney Difficult For Secret Service Agents: Book

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Last month, the New York Post reported that a new book depicted President George W. Bush's daughters as a nightmare for Secret Service agents. Now ano...

A Little Talk with the Man Who Prayed for Obama's Death

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Even by nut case standards, Reverend Wiley S. Drake's public prayer for the death of President Obama stretched far past the outer limit of credulity.

What Does an Extremist Look Like?

Geri Spieler | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Is an extremist tall, short, young, old, thin, fat? Would you know if the person standing next to you was about to pull out a gun and shoot? Scary ...

Inside The Secret Service: Lester Holt Plays President During Secret Service Drill (VIDEO)

Posted 07.01.2009 | Media


NBC's Lester Holt did a report on the Secret Service for the "Today Show." Holt takes an in depth look at their training and the great lengths they go...

Sara Jane Moore's Interview Fallout

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media


Geri Spieler

If you were standing on that sidewalk next to Moore when she was 45 years old, would you have expected her to pull a gun from her purse, aim and pull the trigger at the head of the U.S. President?

Sara Jane Moore -- Then and Now

Geri Spieler | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

Sara Jane Moore missed Gerald Ford's head with a bullet by a mere six inches. Someone like her didn't raise any alarms on a street corner in 1975, and wouldn't today.

Denouncing Obama's Desire for Dijon is Downright Dangerous

Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.12.2009 | Politics


Sandy Goodman

Democrats are elitist, right-wingers insist, even if they are needy enough to receive not just college, but high school scholarships. In this case, the proof of Obama's elitism was his request for Dijon.