Topic: Secret Service

The CIA Has an Undercover Female Boss

AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez

A day after Julia Pierson became the first woman director of the Secret Service, it was learned that the head of the CIA's most secretive division has its first female chief as well.

By Connor Simpson

Mar 26, 2013

Can a Female Leader Put an End to the Secret Service's Boys Club?

Following an awful scandal in which a bunch of Secret Service agents were busted for drinking and partying with hookers in Columbia, the President is moving towards a "culture change" by appointing the first woman ever to run his security detail. 

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By J.K. Trotter

Jan 10, 2013

DEA Agents Tried to Cover Up Secret Service Prostitution Scandal, Letter Says

Two officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration arranged for a Secret Service agent to solicit a Colombian prostitute — and tried to destroy the evidence — according to a letter delivered by the Justice Department to several Senators.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Nov 2, 2012

Secret Service Agent Who Was Under Investigation Commits Suicide

A Secret Service agent who had served on President Obama's protection detail appears to have committed suicide because he was investigation for inappropriate conduct

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By John Hudson

Oct 5, 2012

The Party's Over at the Secret Service

The Secret Service has put the kabosh on late-night alcohol benders and morning-after Facebook posts: The agency issued new policies governing alcohol and social media use this week in wake of the drunken prostitue scandal in Colombia five months ago. 

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By Adam Martin

Sep 4, 2012

Paul Ryan's Secret Service Code Name: 'Bowhunter'

When Paul Ryan introduced himself to the electorate at the Republican National Convention last week one thing was missing: A jocular Secret Service nickname.

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By Eric Randall

Jun 19, 2012

Secret Service May Have Partied Hard on Martha's Vineyard

Fox News has a long, entertaining investigation alleging that members of the Secret Service have "partied like rock stars" while on detail with President Obama on Martha's Vineyard, suggesting that the bad behavior first revealed in the Colombia prostitution scandal wasn't unprecedented.

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By Adam Martin

May 23, 2012

Fired Secret Service Agents Will Not Go Quietly

Just when you thought the Secret Service prostitution scandal would fade away, director Mark Sullivan will get to talk to a Senate committee today about his fired agents' new claims that they didn't do anything unusual for the "secret circus."

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By Jen Doll

May 16, 2012

How to Date a Married Secret Service Agent

Wednesday's cover of the New York Daily News is kind of a big one, a first-person confession from a woman who claims to have dated and slept with Secret Service Agent Arthur Huntington well before his scandalous encounter with that Colombian prostitute. Oh, and she is not his wife. 

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By John Hudson

May 4, 2012

Colombian Hooker Pursued Cheapskate Secret Service Agent

The underpaying Secret Service agent, who's life has only gotten worse since the prostitution scandal unfurled, caught a break today: Colombian hooker Dania Suarez says he wasn't looking for a call girl on that infamous night in Cartagena. 

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By John Hudson

May 4, 2012

Ted Nugent Is the Nicest Bleeping Guy You'll Ever Know

Ted Nugent is such a "loving" and "passionate guy" he went on an expletive-laced rant to prove it. 

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

May 1, 2012

Cartoon

The Secret Service Needs to Straighten Its Priorities

Cartoonist Nick Anderson on the Secret Service.

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By John Hudson

Apr 25, 2012

Secret Service Sex Scandal Is Not Unprecedented

It turns out the Colombian sex scandal rocking the Secret Service isn't as novel as we all thought.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 24, 2012

Obama: Secret Service Agents Were 'Knuckleheads'

President Obama is slated to appear on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and during the pre-taped interview, he once again addressed the Secret Service prostitution scandal, saying, a "couple of knuckleheads shouldn't detract from" the rest of the agency.

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By Connor Simpson

Apr 22, 2012

Meet the Woman Who Handled the Secret Service Scandal

When a prostitue woke up an entire hotel claiming a Secret Service agent tried to rip her off, the responsibility to clean up the mess fell to Paula Reid, the head of the Secret Service's Miami Bureau.

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By Connor Simpson

Apr 21, 2012

Three More Agents Have Resigned from the Secret Service

Three more Secret Service agents resigned on Friday in the wake of the Colombian prostitue party scandal, which brings the total number of agents lost to six.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 20, 2012

New Photos Spice Up the Secret Service Sex Scandal

The big tabloids have uncovered the name and photos of the woman at the center of Secret Service sex scandal and more unflattering details have emerged about the agents who have already been dismissed. 

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By John Hudson

Apr 19, 2012

The Secret Service Scandal Is Here to Stay

The Secret Service is moving fast to extinguish its prostitution scandal but an onslaught of lies, lawsuits, and investigations guarantee that the media frenzy isn't going anywhere.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 19, 2012

Cartoon

The One Thing Secret Service and GSA Have in Common

Cartoonist Tom Toles finds a common thread between two seemingly disparate organizations. 

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By Eric Randall

Apr 18, 2012

Heads Begin to Roll at the Secret Service

Things are looking worse for members of the Secret Service detail caught bringing prostitutes to their Colombian hotel. There's news that three employees "will separate from the agency."

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By Eric Randall

Apr 18, 2012

The Other Side of the Secret Service Prostitution Scandal

The New York Times scored an interview with one of the prostitutes who slept with several U.S. Secret Service agents in Colombia, setting off a scandal here in the U.S., and The Times leads its story with a pretty oddly-selected quote from the Colombian woman.

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By Eric Randall

Apr 18, 2012

Nugent Thinks Adding 'In November at the Voter Booth' Gets Him Off the Hook

In the wake of his seemingly threatening comments about President Obama, Ted Nugent told Glenn Beck Wednesday that there's an important addition to everything violent he ever says: "... in November at the voter booth."

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Apr 17, 2012

Report: Secret Service Bragged to Hookers About Protecting Obama

There are more embarrassing things Secret Service officials could do than paying for the services of 11 Colombian prostitutes. You could, like these guys allegedly did, do so while bragging about protecting Obama and then create a ruckus when the bill arrives.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 16, 2012

Following Colombia Scandal, Secret Service Agents Stripped of Security Clearance

It looks like the 11 Secret Service agents and officers currently on leave in the Colombian sex scandal have been stripped of their security clearances in addition to being suspended from work, at least according to a CBS report sourced to an unnamed "law enforcement official."

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By Seth Abramovitch

Apr 15, 2012

Obama on Secret Service Scandal: 'If Confirmed, I'll Be Angry'

The president is on the verge of losing his temper; all it took was a wasted Secret Service detail and 11 Colombian prostitutes.

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By Gabriel Snyder

Mar 19, 2012

The Javelin Has Left the Building

Mitt Romney picked the Secret Service code name "Javelin," after a muscle car; Rick Santroum chose "Petrus," Latin for "rock." [GQ]

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By Adam Martin

Mar 6, 2012

Ron Paul's The Only Glitter-Bomb Target Left

Newt Gingrich will get Secret Service protection starting at midnight, Fox News reported, making Ron Paul the only candidate without a government-funded security entourage -- and the only legitimate glitter-bomb target left.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 16, 2011

Secret Service Arrests White House Shooting Suspect

The Secret Service has arrested Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, a suspect for this morning's White House shooting, at a hotel near Indiana, Penslyvania.

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By Adam Martin

Sep 28, 2011

Manhattan's Real Anti-Aircraft Battery: Stinger Missiles

The NYPD may have anti-aircraft rifle, but there's heavier hardware on the island

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By Elspeth Reeve

Aug 15, 2011

Obama's Sleek Black Tour Bus Cost $1.1 Million

The president takes an expensive ride through the Midwest to talk economic struggles

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By Adam Martin

May 5, 2011

Gun Scare Adds Drama to Obama Visit

Police tackle an apparently frustrated pedestrian

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