Secret Service

The Legacy of McCain-Palin: Hate

Erin Kotecki Vest | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics


Erin Kotecki Vest

Kudos to McCain-Palin -- the fine Americans protecting our President-elect had to deal with an influx of death threats and step up their job.

Israeli Journalist: It's Safe To Assume That Obama Won't Abandon Israel

Haaretz.com | Akiva Eldar | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


As the world's largest democracy on Tuesday chose - for the first time in its history - a black president, Israel's own democracy marked 13 years sinc...

Secret Service Denies Blocking Reporters at Palin Rallies

ProPublica | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


ProPublica

"It's not a function of the Secret Service to prevent or limit reporters from interviewing the people at events," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan. "We've never been asked by any campaign to do that."

McCain Volunteers Finally Roused In Northern Virginia

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.20.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

I peered inside the huge glass windows and saw something unexpected: rows and rows of people on phone banks, dozens of them. It was completely unlike the other McCain "victory offices" I've visited.

McCain "Categorically" Proud of Hateful Rally Attendees

ZP Heller | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics


ZP Heller

During last night's presidential debate, McCain said he was "categorically" proud of the people who attend his rallies. He claimed he has always repudiated any "out of bounds remarks" made by Republicans.

One American Carmaker -- Our Best Solution?

Steve Parker | Posted 11.12.2008 | Business


Steve Parker

If the Detroit Three were to merge into one company, ownership shared with the American people, it could benefit everyone; the carmakers, their dealers and their customers

McCain: Stop the "Hate Talk Express"

Karen Russell | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics


Karen Russell

We just don't have time and energy for the low road. There is just too much at stake.

AP Refuses To Comply With Secret Service Request On Sarah Palin's Hacked E-Mails

AP | TED BRIDIS | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media


WASHINGTON -- Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alask...

Obama Assassination Threat Leads To Imprisonment Of Florida Man

AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home


MIAMI — A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges h...

Obama's Good Day And A Columnist's Bad One

Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media


Sandy Goodman

Occasionally, Dana Milbank wakes up with his head tightly wedged into his rear end and Wednesday, with his Obama column, was one of those days.

Secret Service Wants More Money For Protecting Presidential Candidates

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during w...

The Art Offends

Yazmany Arboleda | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics


Yazmany Arboleda

My two installations, "The Assassination of Barack Obama" and "The Assassination of Hillary Clinton" made headlines when law officials detained me over the use of the word "assassination."

E-Mail Shows Racial Jokes by Secret Service Supervisors

New York Times | DAVID JOHNSTON | Posted 05.18.2008 | Politics


Secret Service supervisors shared crude sexual jokes and engaged in racially derogatory banter about blacks, and passed around an anecdote about a pos...

Arrested War Critic Seeks VP's Testimony

AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


DENVER — An attorney for a man arrested after telling the vice president that his policies in Iraq were "disgusting" asked U.S. marshals Thursda...

Secret Service Facing Lawsuit For Arresting Cheney Protestor

NY Times | Kirk Johnson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


The arrest of a man named Steven Howards in June 2006 after he approached Vice President Dick Cheney at a Colorado ski resort and denounced the war in...

Romanian Fraudsters Are Thorn In eBay's Side

Los Angeles Times | Ian Wylie | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


This small industrial center in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains is not Albena Spasova's favorite destination. Driving the twisting highway m...