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US Agent Almost Accidentally Shot Ahmadinejad

Book reveals incident that changed US-Iranian relations a little

(Newser) - It was the shot that was almost heard around the world. In September 2006, a US Secret Service Agent fired off a shotgun blast just as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was loading his motorcade at the InterContinental Hotel during a UN General Assembly meeting in New York—apparently by mistake. The incident...

Secret Service Pooch Dies at Biden Event

Falls from roof of parking garage it was sweeping

(Newser) - A Secret Service dog died on Saturday after falling from the roof of a New Orleans parking garage while on duty. The Belgian Malinois was doing a security sweep next to the Ritz-Carlton where Joe Biden was scheduled to speak at a fundraiser for Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu. WWLTV reports...

DEA Agents Got Prostitute for Secret Service Agent: Probe
DEA Agents Got Prostitute
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Jan 11, 2013 2:48 AM CST

DEA Agents Got Prostitute for Secret Service Agent

They tried to destroy evidence, lie to investigators: report

(Newser) - The Drug Enforcement Administration's alleged role in the Secret Service prostitution scandal has been confirmed. A pair of DEA agents set up a liaison between a Secret Service agent and a prostitute in Colombia in April 2012, a Justice Department probe that is just now coming to light finds....

Secret Service Agent Accused of Affair Kills Self

Rafael Prieto allegedly in undisclosed relationship with foreign citizen

(Newser) - A Secret Service agent appears to have killed himself as authorities investigated allegations of an unreported affair with a foreign national. Rafael Prieto was found dead Saturday, Politico reports; an official cause of death hasn't yet emerged. Prieto, who was reportedly estranged from his wife, had been undergoing an...

Report: Secret Service Chief Faces Perjury Charge

Office of Inspector General may be eying charges

(Newser) - Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan may soon be hit with perjury charges over his agency's prostitution scandal . Sources tell Fox News that an investigation from the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general indicates that Sullivan may have lied to Congress, and that the inspector general has been talking...

Secret Service Agent Gets Drunk, Hits Cop: Report

Aaron Francis Engler allegedly punched an officer in the face

(Newser) - At least this Secret Service agent wasn't trashing rented property or refusing to pay a hooker . No, Aaron Francis Engler was arrested in Miami this morning for disorderly intoxication and resisting arrest without violence, NBC Miami reports. It all started at 7am when a policeman allegedly saw Engler lying...

GOPer Retweets Romney Threats to @SecretService

Twitterverse in an uproar

(Newser) - Twitter might not be the best place to sound off about your deep-seated desire to, say, crash Mitt Romney's plane, but apparently lots of users haven't figured that nuance out, reports the Blaze . So one Todd Kincannon , a former South Carolina GOP honcho, is retweeting some of the...

Paul Ryan's Secret Service Code Name Is...

..."Bowhunter"

(Newser) - Paul Ryan now has a Secret Service code name: "Bowhunter." GQ revealed that little nugget today, pointing out that the name makes sense, since Ryan is indeed an avid archer and hunter—he'll even grace the cover of next month's Deer and Deer Hunting magazine. Of...

Oops: Secret Service Leaves Gun in Romney's Plane

Meanwhile, candidate is about to receive security briefings

(Newser) - There was something of a scare aboard Romney's charter jet yesterday, when a gun was found in the bathroom. The firearm turned out to be Secret Service gun presumably accidentally left there by a member of his security detail, CBS News reports. A member of the Service quickly retrieved...

Armed Man Busted for Obama Email Threat

He greeted Secret Service with shotgun

(Newser) - If you're going to email threats against President Obama to the FBI you can expect the Secret Service at your door—which is exactly what happened to a man in Washington state. Anton Caluori, 31, was apparently expecting the knock. He brandished a shotgun at a Secret Service agent...

DC Cop Accused of Michelle Shooting Threat

Motorcade officer told colleagues he'd shoot first lady

(Newser) - A Washington, DC, police officer who served in the motorcade security detail for President Obama and other dignitaries has been relegated to desk duty after allegedly threatening to shoot Michelle Obama. During a discussion of threats to the Obamas with other members of his unit, the officer allegedly said he...

Secret Service Partied Hard on Obama's Vacation

Anonymous Martha's Vineyard residents detail debauchery

(Newser) - Apparently when they're not allegedly picking up prostitutes , Secret Service agents throw some wild parties. Fox News tracked down some Martha's Vineyard residents who say the boys in black engaged in some serious debauchery during the Obama family's 2011 vacation there, trashing rented homes, inviting college girls...

Colombian Escort to Open Foundation for Prostitutes

Dania Londono Suarez gained notoriety in Secret Service scandal

(Newser) - The Colombian escort who set off the Secret Service scandal by refusing to quietly go away when she didn't get her money isn't leaving the spotlight so quietly, either. Dania Londono Suarez says she will take some of the money she's earned off her story to open...

Secret Service Boss: Sorry About the Hookers

Senate panel airs 64 sex misconduct cases

(Newser) - Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan testified on Capitol Hill today, apologizing for the first time for the Colombian prostitution scandal—even as the Senate Homeland Security Committee brought new indiscretions to light. Employees "did some really dumb things," Sullivan said, assuring lawmakers that the behavior "is not...

Secret Service Agents Fight Dismissal

Director to testify that sex scandal didn't threaten security

(Newser) - Four of the Secret Service agents forced out of their jobs over the Colombian sex scandal have decided that they're not going down without a fight, the Washington Post finds. The agents claim that they are being made scapegoats for behavior the agency has long tolerated . And so they'...

Secret Service's Real Problem: It Endangers the President

Lax rules, shortcuts are rampant

(Newser) - Ronald Kessler, the former Washington Post reporter who originally broke the Secret Service sex scandal story to the Post, has news for you: Prostitution is far from the agency's biggest problem. Much worse is its "lax management culture that condones cutting corners, directly endangering the life of the...

Secret Service Memo: No Booze 10 Hours Before Work

New rules also bar visits to 'non-reputable establishments'

(Newser) - Memo to Secret Service agents: no more drinking alcohol within 10 hours of working; no bringing foreigners to your hotel rooms; and, no going to "non-reputable" establishments. Those are just three items in a 10-point list of rules handed out to agency employees yesterday, as the Secret Service tries...

&#39;Curse of the Unpaid Prostitute&#39; Befalls Agents
'Curse of the Unpaid Prostitute' Befalls Agents
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Apr 27, 2012 1:30 PM CDT

'Curse of the Unpaid Prostitute' Befalls Agents

Secret Service can learn a lot from 'drunken sailors': essay

(Newser) - Those Secret Service agents in Colombia got what they had coming to them because one in their midst violated a code of honor of sorts, writes a former merchant seaman in the Washington Post : He didn't pay his prostitute. "In my day, seamen were convinced that this was...

State Dept's 'Take Your Kids to Work Day' R-Rated

Children hear all about Secret Service sex scandal

(Newser) - "Take Your Kids to Work Day" was quite the titillating experience at the State Department this year. Despite the presence of youngsters, reporters didn't censor their questions about the Secret Service sex scandal at a Q&A yesterday, Politico reports. They mentioned sex seven times, prostitution four times,...

Secret Service Has Another Prostitution Scandal

They canoodled with ladies of the oldest profession in El Salvador, too

(Newser) - Looks like there are teeth to the rumors that the Secret Service's Colombian sex adventure wasn't a one-time thing . The Service is investigating reports that its agents were serviced by prostitutes on a trip to El Salvador in March of last year, according to the Hill . A government...

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