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NY police car in accident ahead of Biden motorcade

A police car working ahead of Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade was involved in a minor traffic accident Tuesday evening, but it wasn't part of the procession and the vice president was unhurt.

Swastika, 'Obama' carved into Mass. golf course

The Secret Service and local police are investigating after a swastika was found carved into a Massachusetts golf course green next to President Barack Obama's name.

Secret Service: Facebook poll no threat to Obama

The Secret Service has determined that a juvenile was behind the online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, an agency spokesman said Thursday.

Would-be Montana jail chief has theft conviction

A former Secret Service agent named as the would-be operator of a Montana jail and law enforcement training center served 14 months in prison for stealing money from the government.

Secret Service probing Facebook poll on Obama

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

1 Gadhafi tent down in NY, 1 up in Venezuela

Moammar Gadhafi's Bedouin-style tent, which brought a camel-themed tapestry and four days of consternation to a leafy New York suburb, was last seen Friday being bundled into a U-Haul.

Nixon dug deep for dirt on Ted Kennedy

President Richard Nixon considered Ted Kennedy such a threat that he tried to catch Kennedy cheating on his wife, even ordering aides to recruit Secret Service agents to spill secrets on the senator's behavior.

'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained

The Secret Service is investigating a man who authorities said held a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside a town hall meeting on health-care reform in western Maryland.

Funny money no laughing matter

Law enforcement officials and business owners across the country say they have seen a significant spike in the circulation of counterfeit currency since the economy started to sour.

Man arrested in congressman extortion attempt

The U.S. Secret Service says a man is being held in the West African nation of Ghana after attempting to extort money from U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler.

After lawsuit, Obama releases info on health talks

Despite his campaign promise to "make White House communications public," the Obama administration again is blocking the public from seeing White House visitor logs, this time refusing to disclose meetings with health care executives. Tonight, less than an hour before his news conference on health care, he released some of the information only after a nonprofit group filed a federal lawsuit.

Appeals court dismisses lawsuit over Bush protest

A federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by demonstrators claiming they were discriminated against for their political views by U.S. Secret Service agents guarding President Bush during a southern Oregon campaign stop in 2004.

Secret Service agent attacked in road rage in Pa.

A northeastern Pennsylvania man is accused of attacking a Secret Service agent with brass knuckles and a chunk of asphalt.

White House locked down after woman jumps fence

A woman jumped a fence onto White House property Tuesday and was immediately taken into custody, the Secret Service said.

Attempted Ford assassin: ‘I think it was wrong’

Free after 32 years in prison, Sara Jane Moore says she was wrong, “misled” and “mistaken” in trying to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford in September 1975. However, she added: “I still believe if I hadn’t done it, someone else would.”“It was a time people don't remember. We had a war in this country, the Vietnam War,” Moore told Matt Lauer in an exclusive interview on TODAY Thursday. “This is going to sound a little strange, but I really thought that it would trigger a new revolution. We were saying the country needed to change, the only way it was going to change was a violent revolution. I genuinely thought that this might trigger that new revolution in this country.”It was only later, while spending time in solitary confinement, that the only woman ever to fire a shot at a president said she “had begun to realize that I'd been used.”“I think that I was misled, that I was mistaken. I think I made a serious error,

Sensitive data missing from National Archives

The National Archives lost a computer hard drive containing massive amounts of sensitive data from the Clinton administration, including Social Security numbers, addresses, and Secret Service and White House operating procedures, congressional officials said Tuesday.

Secret Service removes bike near White House

The Secret Service has closed off a street section near the White House because of concerns about an unattended bicycle.

Protesters throw apparent tea bags at White House

The Secret Service says a suspicious package thrown over the fence and onto the White House's North Lawn was not dangerous.

Trial begins for Marine in Iraq killings case

A court-martial began Tuesday for a Marine accused of killing an unarmed captive in Iraq in a case officials knew nothing about until the defendant sought a Secret Service job and was asked about the most serious crime he had ever committed.

Officials apologize for inauguration shut out

Leaders of the Secret Service and Capitol Police apologized Wednesday to thousands of ticket-holders who were shut out of Barack Obama's inauguration. They said, however, the event was largely a success with no injuries or arrests.

Official: Investigator to lead stimulus oversight

President Barack Obama plans to announce Monday a former Secret Service agent who helped expose lobbyists' corruption at the Interior Department as his pick to oversee the $787 billion economic stimulus plan.

Obama says he has complete faith in Secret Service

President Barack Obama says he has complete faith in the Secret Service to protect him after some inaugural donors questioned whether his protection was sufficient.

President Obama gets to keep his BlackBerry

Barack Obama gets to keep his beloved BlackBerry with him in the White House for personal use, a victory for the man considered the country's first high-tech president.

Judge rules against White House on visitors logs

A federal judge on Friday rejected the Bush administration's latest attempt to keep secret the identities of White House visitors and declared that the government illegally deleted Secret Service computer records.

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Pedestrian hit by Secret Service vehicles dies
Source: The Boston Herald

TEMPLE HILLS, Md. — U.S. Park Police say a man was fatally struck by two U.S. Secret Service vehicles at a Suitland Parkway intersection.

The Obama Threat Index
Source: Tumblr

In a book about the US Secret Service published earlier this year, author Ronald Kessler reported that after Obama took office, threats against the President rose by 400 percent from a rate of around 3,000 per year during the tenure of George W. Bush.

Former AMD chief identified as leak in Galleon insider trading case
Source: mercurynews.com

The far-reaching insider trading scandal now appears to have reached the top ranks of the high-tech industry with reports Tuesday that Hector Ruiz, former CEO and chairman of Sunnyvale chip company Advanced Micro Devices, leaked confidential AMD information to alleged conspirator …

Limbaugh Caller Says FBI Told Her to Watch FOX News and Listen to Talk Radio

Yesterday, I came across the infamous Rush Limbaugh show while radio surfing during a commute. A caller phoning in to the show began talking about Feinberg and the CEO salary restrictions he endorsed.

Frank Schaeffer, Author of "Crazy for God," Writes an Open Letter to Media Tycoon Rupert Murdoch about FOX News
Source: Brad Blog.com

A reformed right wing activist applauds the White House for holding Fox "News" accountable and charges that people like Glenn Beck on FOX News "seem to be trawling for assassins". What do you think?

N.J. security guard accused of threatening Obama
Source: APP.com Jersey Shore

A private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport was arrested on charges of threatening Barack Obama, the night before the president was to fly there.

Secret Service strained as leaders face more threats
Source: The Boston Globe

WASHINGTON - The unprecedented number of death threats against President Obama, a rise in racist hate groups, and a new wave of antigovernment fervor threaten to overwhelm the US Secret Service, according to government officials and reports, raising new questions about the 144-ye …

Radicals: Part 4-The Government Response

By noon the local government has declared a State of Emergency. People are ordered to return to their homes and stay there. By evening a curfew is imposed. Anyone caught on the streets will be arrested and questioned.

"Kill Obama" Facebook Poll Investigated By Secret Service
Source: The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday.

Facebook Poll: 'Should Obama Be Killed?'
Source: Talking Points Memo

A Facebook poll -- apparently advocating assassination -- has cropped up, with the question, "Should Obama be killed?" Pam Spaulding points out the poll on her blog. The answer choices are Yes, No, If he cuts my health care, and Maybe.

Loonies on the Loose: Secret Service Probing Facebook Poll That Asked Whether President Obama Should Be Killed
Source: ABC News

The Secret Service is investigating the origins of a poll that appeared on Facebook that asked whether President Obama should be killed.

The Political Carnival: Secret Service probing Facebook poll on Obama
Source: thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com

Great work here by this blogger. Was right on top of this from the get go. Great work capturing the screenshot. Follow the blogger on twitter. The username is @gottalaff

Facebook poll asking Should Obama be killed causing stir
Source: Raw Story

excerpt: ""A poll hosted on Facebook asking if President Barack Obama "should be killed" is drawing anger from users of the social networking site, and has prompted at least one person to notify the Secret Service. The poll, which Cory Bantic at DailyKos says has been up  …

Chance To Live Next Door To Obamas
Source: Yahoo! News

The 17-room house next door to his home in a ritzy neighborhood on the city's south side is on the market. It doesn't have a price tag yet, but the listing agent expects the "Obama factor" to play a role.

Man gets suspended sentence for Obama threat
Source: msnbc.com

A man has pleaded guilty to calling emergency police dispatchers to say he was going to assassinate President Barack Obama.

White Americans Attacking Our President

Despite the hopeful (and premature) declarations that America is in a "post-racial" place in history, events this year have proved these false. What are these events? First, an enormous increase against the President's life.

Trial explores drowning fetish
Source: MiamiHerald.com

To satisfy his sexual perversion, Jeffrey Doland flew to Miami to meet Kathy, a woman he met online who agreed to let him forcibly dunk her two young girls in a pool or bathtub ``until the bubbles stop rising,'' prosecutors say.

Politics and Packin' Heat

Just about 10 percent of our presidents have been assassinated while in office. Of those four, three were shot with handguns and one with a rifle (or rifles, depending on which conspiracy theory you prefer).

Gun-Totin' Crazy and the Secret Service
Source: Crooks and Liars

excerpt: ""Former USSS officer: If the police have to go out and deal with these foolish gun nuts with exposed weapons in public crowds, they are being taken awy from activity that is much more important and that is to keep our president safe and to kep the public safe. ""

'Death To Obama' Sign-Holder At Town Hall Detained By Secret Service
Source: Talking Points Memo

A man who held a sign reading 'Death To Obama, Death To Michelle And Her Two Stupid Kids' at a town hall in Maryland yesterday has been detained by the Secret Service, according to the AP.

'Squeaky' Fromme released from prison
Source: msnbc.com

The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford has been released after more than three decades behind bars.

'Death to Obama' sign holder in Md. detained
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

excerpt: ""The Secret Service is investigating a man who authorities said held a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside a town hall meeting on health-care reform in western Maryland. ""

Second lawmaker receives threatening Death to All Marxists fax with Obama's picture on it.
Source: Think Progress

excerpt: ""President Barack Obama as the Joker and warned of "Death to All Marxists! Foreign and Domestic!" The Secret Service has said that the fax was "potentially an investigative intelligence matter." Now, a second member of Congress is reporting that he received the …

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