Secret Service

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.

Bush Daughters Kept Secret Service Guard After Bush Left Office

CBS | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


Four days before leaving office, President Bush signed a directive authorizing the Secret Service to provide a period of extended protection for his d...

Dear Mr. Holder

Jim Lichtman | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics


Jim Lichtman

Mr. Attorney General, I hope you will take the necessary action to help the people of the Secret Service do their jobs, confident that they will never have to be called to testify against a sitting President.

Mr. Obama's New Wheels -- First Official Look

Steve Parker | Posted 02.17.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

I never liked the look of the Bush limo. It was too massive and appeared to be a truck that had started out as a tank. Obama's new limo looks more like an actual car, albeit a very big and heavy one.

D.C. Rounding Up The Homeless For Inauguration

Washington Post | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics


From the steam grates of Pennsylvania Avenue to the porticoes of the city's grand buildings, homeless Washingtonians who live inside the nation's tigh...

Cheney's Last Hurrah: No Light at the End of the Dark Side

Timothy Bay | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Timothy Bay

"Sir, you really must hand over the keys to your office," the White House functionary continues. "Joe Biden has been working out of a small room next to the boiler in basement waiting to move into the VP office."

Protecting the President: Lessons Learned?

Geri Spieler | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics


Geri Spieler

The woman was Sara Jane Moore. There were two significant Secret-Service-related reasons that she was free to stand on that sidewalk that afternoon, gun in hand.

Inauguration Security Set To Be Tighter Than Ever

AP | NAFEESA SYEED | Posted 01.20.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — No strollers near the Capitol. No tents on the National Mall. None of that Silly String on the parade route. That's just a sample ...

Detached in a Shoestorm: Bush's Farewell Faceoff

Matt Stewart | Posted 01.14.2009 | Politics


Matt Stewart

Reagan forgot to duck. Bush didn't. It's unforgettable television that, upon reflection, appears to sum up the man and his presidency.

Turf Battle Looms Between Secret Service And State Department Over Protecting Hillary Clinton

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — It may not be your typical Washington power struggle, but Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's expected nomination to be secretary of stat...

Growing Up With the Secret Service

Diane Dimond | Posted 12.23.2008 | Style


Diane Dimond

What if the two Obama daughters want to go on a typical sleepover at a friend's house? You guessed it. The Secret Service will go too.