Sep 30 Secret Service tried to discredit U.S. lawmaker, investigation reveals By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Scores of U.S. Secret Service employees improperly accessed the decade-old, unsuccessful job application of a congressman who was investigating scandals inside the agency, a new government report said Wednesday. Continue reading
May 07 Secret Service to add steel spikes to improve White House fence security By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The Secret Service is adding a second layer of steel spikes to the top of the White House fence to keep would-be intruders at bay, according to a proposal submitted to the National Capitol Planning Commission. Continue reading
Apr 23 Report: Alarm at George H.W. Bush home broken for 13 months By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The alarm at former President George H.W. Bush's Texas home was broken for at least 13 months before the Secret Service fixed it, according to a report released Thursday by the Homeland Security Department's inspector general. Continue reading
Mar 19 Secret Service chief forcefully denies reports of crash By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The new director of the Secret Service went on the offensive Thursday on Capitol Hill, disputing characterizations in news reports that two senior agents crashed a government vehicle into a security barrier at the White House after a night of… Continue reading
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Mar 13 Watch 3:19 News Wrap: White House intruder pleads guilty By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Omar Gonzalez, the man who breached White House security and entered the executive mansion in September, pleaded guilty in court. Also, President Obama visited a VA hospital in Arizona where long delays and falsified wait… Continue watching
Mar 12 Watch 4:37 News Wrap: Homeland Security investigating Secret Service incident at White House By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 12 Secret Service investigating agents’ crash near White House By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is investigating two senior Secret Service agents accused of crashing a car into a White House security barrier, an agency spokesman says. Continue reading
Mar 10 Heads up D.C., the Secret Service is testing drones in the middle of the night By Alicia A. Caldwell, Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Mysterious, middle-of-the-night drone flights by the U.S. Secret Service during the next several weeks over parts of Washington — usually off-limits as a strict no-fly zone — are part of secret government testing intended to find ways to… Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Afghan civilian casualties rose in 2014 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a UN report found that civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan rose by 22 percent last year. It also said more Afghans died in battles between the Taliban and government forces than from bombs, unlike… Continue watching