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The Secret Service Pimps Obama's Bus Ride
  Meet Obama's 'Beast' of a Bus 
Aug 15, 2011 4:57 PM CDT

Meet Obama's 'Beast' of a Bus

Two new buses built from the ground up for Midwestern tour

(Newser) - This bus is Barackin', so don't bother knockin': President Obama is cruising the Midwest in a customized bus that is essentially a pumped-up version of his five-ton hulking limo, dubbed "the Beast." The bus, one of two ordered up by the Secret Service, sports bulletproof black windows,...

Man Jumps White House Fence as Cameras Roll

Homeless intruder quickly arrested

(Newser) - A homeless man was arrested after hopping the White House fence Tuesday night in an incident captured by CNN's John King USA program, which was filming from the North Lawn. The man was quickly taken into custody by Secret Service agents who approached him with guns drawn. Security officers...

Secret Service Pays Joe Biden Rent to Use His Cottage
 Secret Service Pays Biden Rent 
Aug 1, 2011 7:31 AM CDT

Secret Service Pays Biden Rent

Total it has forked over since April: $13K

(Newser) - Joe Biden is the vice president ... and due to a strange arrangement with the Secret Service, he's also a federal contractor. The Secret Service pays Biden to stay in a rental cottage adjacent to his Delaware home. Since April, Biden has collected $13,000 in rent, and he could...

Apple Sics Secret Service on Spycam Artist

He collected photos of people staring at store computers

(Newser) - A New York artist who installed photo-taking software on computers at two Apple stores had his computers seized by the Secret Service as part of a computer fraud investigation, reports Mashable . Over three days in June, Kyle McDonald installed software on 100 computers at the two New York stores so...

Secret Service Probing Fox 'Obama Dead' Tweets

'Script Kiddies' claim responsibility for Fox hack

(Newser) - The Secret Service is investigating yesterday's President Obama assassination hoax by hackers on Fox News' political Twitter account, reports the Los Angeles Times . The agency plans to look into the postings that claimed the president had been shot at a restaurant in Iowa, and "conduct the appropriate follow-up....

Secret Service Sorry for Anti-Fox Tweet

Calls post 'unapproved and inappropriate'

(Newser) - The Secret Service is apologizing for an anti-Fox News tweet that made it onto the Service's new Twitter feed barely a week after it was set up, reports CNN . "Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can't. Deal. With. The. Blathering," read the tweet, which was...

Secret Service Grills Kid, 13, on Facebook Post

Boy, 13, says he was just trying to warn Obama of dangers

(Newser) - A Tacoma mom is livid that her 13-year-old son was questioned without her presence … by the Secret Service. Vito LaPinta was called into his school’s office on Friday and met by an agent who wanted to know his name, date of birth, Facebook name, and “if there...

Phew: Secret Service Ensures Obama Isn't Locked Out

.... again

(Newser) - Last time President Obama returned from a few days away from home, he had a little bit of trouble getting back into the White House because the door was locked. (Click to see the video destined for GOP commercials.) Last night, an AP photographer snapped a Secret Service agent...

Texan Busted After Driving Car Onto Bush's Lawn

He didn't intend to harm former First Couple, officials say

(Newser) - Secret Service agents have busted a man for driving his muscle car erratically onto the lawn of former president George W. Bush. He and wife Laura were home at the time but were never in any danger, officials said. The driver made no threats against the Bushes and apparently did...

Secret Service Almost Shot LBJ After JFK Assassination

New book reveals fresh details about tragedy

(Newser) - We almost lost a second president just hours after losing JFK, according to The Kennedy Detail, an account of the assassination by members of the president’s security detail. In it, retired agent Gerald Blaine admits to nearly shooting the VP-turned-president, Lyndon Baines Johnson. Blaine was protecting Johnson’s house...

Book-Thrower Just Wanted Obama to ... Read His Book

Books are not 'dangerous objects,' says Secret Service

(Newser) - The man who threw a book at President Obama at a rally Sunday was an over-exuberant author, not a security threat, the Secret Service says. The "exuberant' author, who has not been identified, simply wanted the president to read his book, CNN notes. He was questioned and released without...

MI6 History Reveals Real James Bond

Author reveals Ian Fleming's inspiration

(Newser) - An author given license to go through MI6's pre-1949 files says he's uncovered a few real-life inspirations for James Bond in the British spy agency's history, including the most likely devil-may care candidate. Commander Wilfred Dunderdale, "had a penchant for pretty women and fast cars" while heading up the...

Malia, Sasha Ready to Babysit: Obama

If first daughters need pocket money, they can earn it

(Newser) - Malia Obama turned 12 on the 4th of July, and sister Sasha is 9, so they're just about old enough to bring in some money, their dad says. "They're getting an allowance," President Obama tells ABC , without specifying an amount—presumably they've gotten a raise since their.$1-a-week...

Math Teacher's Bad Lesson: How to Shoot Obama

He was teaching them about angles

(Newser) - Remember word problems? Those cute math class constructions where you learn a skill through real-world examples? Well an Alabama geometry teacher got a little too real for the Secret Service, when he used the hypothetical assassination of Barack Obama to teach his high school students about angles. “He said,...

Credit Card Hacker Gets 20 Years in Prison

Albert Gonzalez stole 90 million credit, debit numbers

(Newser) - Albert Gonzalez, the man who stole more than 90 million credit and debit card numbers from American retail giant TJX, was sentenced to 20 years in prison yesterday. It is the longest-ever sentence for a computer crime in America. Prosecutors hope the sentence will serve as a deterrent. “What...

Blogger Urges 'Bullet for Obama' on Twitter

Secret Service investigating

(Newser) - Secret Service authorities are investigating tweets by a conservative blogger apparently urging "a bullet" to President Obama's "head." Solomon Forell, upset by the impending passage of the health reform bill, noted yesterday that because the nation survived the killings of Lincoln and Kennedy, "we'll surely get...

Man Charged With Threatening Obama in Web Poem

Kentucky's Spencer posted 'The Sniper' on white supremacist site

(Newser) - A Kentucky man has been arrested and charged with posting a poem threatening President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on a white supremacist website. The Secret Service said Johnny Logan Spencer Jr. of Louisville wrote and posted the poem, titled "The Sniper," on a site called...

Meet Carlos Allen, 3rd Gatecrasher
 Meet Carlos Allen, 
 3rd Gatecrasher 
WHITE HOUSE STATE DINNER
Jan 11, 2010 9:28 AM CST

Meet Carlos Allen, 3rd Gatecrasher

Sketchy guy hooked up with Indian posse after trip to men's room

(Newser) - What lapse allowed Carlos Allen, the third party crasher, to sneak into the Obamas' first state dinner remains a mystery. What is known is that Allen—who has done everything from designing clothes to selling mortgages to running a questionable charity that existed mainly to throw parties—dressed even more...

Man Jogs Naked Near White House
Man Jogs
Naked Near White House
Jan 7, 2010 1:51 PM CST

Man Jogs Naked Near White House

Streaker braves cold, sets off Secret Service scare

(Newser) - The Secret Service found itself on an odd chase yesterday, running down a man who’d stripped naked to jog near the White House. Around rush hour, the man threw off his clothes, leaving them lying in a bag, and set off running, heedless of the 25-degree windchill. “He...

DC-Area Party Promoter Was Third Crasher

Carlos Allen, 39, got into White House with Indian delegation

(Newser) - A 39-year-old Washington party promoter was the third person to crash November’s state dinner at the White House, a source tells the Post in confirming that Carlos Allen had, along with Tareq and Michaele Salahi, gotten past Secret Service screenings to rub elbows with the Obamas and a host...

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