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White House Stands By Review of Secret Service Prostitution Scandal

October 9, 2014 Posted by Contributor

The White House stood by a 2012 investigation conducted by a former counsel, who found that there was no inappropriate conduct among the Secret Service’s staff during its Colombia trip, where agents were involved in a prostitution scandal. “The review that was conducted several years ago…looked at these allegations and found that there was nothing to them,” said Eric Schultz, White House … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: colombia, colombia trip, mr. obama, prostitution colombia, prostitution scandal, secret service, secret service agents, secret service prostitute

Julia Pierson, Secret Service Director, Hands in Resignation

October 1, 2014 Posted by Staff

After the September 19th White House Security breach and the overwhelming critical voices that followed, Secret Service Director, Julia Pierson, resigned. "Today Julia Pierson, the director of the United States Secret Service, offered her resignation, and I accepted it. I salute her 30 years of distinguished service to the Secret Service and the Nation." Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: criticism, fence jumper, julia pierson, man jumps white house fence, resignation, secret service, secret service director resigns, security breach, security issues, White House, white house fence jumper

Lawmakers Assail Secret Service Chief Over Security Shortcomings

September 30, 2014 Posted by Staff

Julia Pierson, Secret Service director, was criticized by lawmakers from both parties on Tuesday, when she testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. She was asked to explain the security breaches that occurred at the White House, including the incident with the intruder who managed to make it to the front door earlier this month. The Secret Service director took … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: criticism, fence jumper, House Committee on Oversight and government reform, julia pierson, julia pierson testimony, man jumps white house fence, secret service, secret service hearing, security breach, security issues, White House, white house fence jumper

Secret Service Downplays 2011 White House Shooting

September 28, 2014 Posted by Staff

Three years ago, a gunman drove up to the Presidential residence and fired seven shots at the White House, smashing a window on the second floor. The Secret Service apparently did almost nothing about the incident. In fact, a Secret Service supervisor had initially downplayed the gunshots, claiming that they had been noise from a backfiring construction vehicle. On Saturday, this stunning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News, Uncategorized Tagged With: 2011 white house shooting, ortega, secret service, secret service downplays shooting, secret service fail, secret service fails to realize shooting, secret service security lapse, security lapse, white house shooting

Concerns Raised at the White House after Intruder’s Past is Revealed

September 23, 2014 Posted by Editor

After the Friday incident in which Omar Jose Gonzales attempted to scale the iron fence surrounding the White House, prosecutors have now revealed troubling information about the intruder. Friday’s events weren’t isolated at all, as many had believed. In fact, the man was detained by Secret Service officers just last month, as he was standing in front of the White House with a hatchet. He was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: criticism, fence jumper, man jumps white house fence, secret service, security breach, security issues, White House, white house fence jumper

Secret Service Forced to Improve its Game after Security Breach

September 21, 2014 Posted by Editor

The Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee informed the United States Secret Service that its performance needs serious improving after the unfortunate fail on Friday when a fence jumper managed to dash all the way to the front door of the White House. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton described the incident in which the 42 year old Texas man managed to bring a 3 ½ inch knife to the White House, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: criticism, fence jumper, man jumps white house fence, secret service, security breach, security issues, White House, white house fence jumper

Over 1000 Businesses in the US Affected by Backoff Cyber Attack

August 23, 2014 Posted by Editor

Roughly 1000 businesses in the US were badly affected by a cyber attack. This attack crippled many in-house cash register systems of retailers such as UPS, Supervalu and Target. According to a new advisory released by the Department of Homeland Security the attacks are more serious than previously predicted. As a matter of fact, the hackers are now stealing the data they have amassed from credit … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: 1000 businesses in danger, anti-virus system, Backoff, business news, credit card data, Cyber attack, malware, secret service

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