Secret Service
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John Hinckley on good behavior, Secret Service logs show
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Agents trailed John Hinckley on more than 35 days during 2012 when he visited his mother's home in Williamsburg. Surveillance logs show he shopped at PetSmart, Target and the grocery store Harris Teeter.
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The rising tide of financial-based cyber attacks
CommentLayton interview April 4, 2013
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Julia Pierson named as next Secret Service director
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A White House official says President Barack Obama will name Julia Pierson as the first female director of the Secret Service.
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Mark Sullivan, Secret Service chief, to step down this month
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Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan announced his retirement, bringing to a close a turbulent period for the agency that included a South American prostitution scandal and a pair of White House gate-crashers.
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Secret Service agent assigned to Obama kills self amid affair probe
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A senior Secret Service agent under investigation for failing to disclose a long-standing relationship with a foreign citizen killed himself last week in Washington, sources tell The Associated Press.
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Tweet threats, North Korea, and terrorism trends
CommentGreen interview October 25, 2012
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Hector Cuellar, Secret Service officer, arrested for sexual battery
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His job was to protect the second most powerful man in the world, but now Hector Cuellar is accused of taking advantage of a young girl who had no protection.
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Secret Service scandal: Sailors won't be charged criminally
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The two sailors will be punished for hiring a prostitute and dereliction of duty for drinking within eight hours of the time they had to report for duty, the official said.
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Centreville man says lynching not implied by hanging 'Nobama' chair from tree
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With a nod to Clint Eastwood's infamous speech at the RNC in which he talked to an empty chair as if President Obama was sitting in it, a Centreville man hung a chair from a tree with a sign saying 'Nobama' attached to it.
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D.C. officer accused of making threats against Michelle Obama won't face charges
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An MPD officer accused of making threats against the First Lady won't face criminal charges, according to the Secret Service.
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New Secret Service reveal sexual assaults, prostitutes
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The government is revealing new, serious allegations against the Secret Service including accusations involving prostitutes, information leaks and sexual assaults.
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Secret Service prostitution scandal probe heads to Senate hearing
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The head of the Secret Service apologized for the behavior of his employees at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. He also disclosed that an agent was fired four years ago after trying to hire a prostitute.
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DEA agents investigated for possible Colombia misconduct
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The Justice Department inspector general's office was investigating possible misconduct by two or more Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Colombia unrelated to the Secret Service incident with prostitutes at a Cartagena hotel, federal officials say.
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Secret Service scandal investigation will have Senate hearing
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A Senate committee will meet May 23 for a hearing on the Secret Service investigation of the Colombia prostitution scandal.
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King: Secret Service agent failed lie detector test
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One of the Secret Service agents at the center of a scandal involving a Colombian prostitute failed a lie detector test, a House chairman says.
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King: Secret Service studies prostitute interviews
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The Secret Service is poring over interviews with 10 of 12 women involved in the Colombia prostitution scandal, and so far there's no indication that any posed a national security threat.
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Secret Service issues new rules on alcohol, hotel visits
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Embarrassed by a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service will assign chaperones on some trips to enforce new rules of conduct that make clear that excessive drinking, entertaining foreigners in their hotel rooms and cavorting in disreputable establishments are no longer tolerated.
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Secret Service scandal: El Salvador incident happened a year ago, source says
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A full year before six Secret Service agents were forced out in the midst of the Colombian prostitution scandal, a Seattle TV report says that agents participated in similar activities a year before in El Salvador.
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