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DRUG CZAR IN TRAINING

I Snorted Coke 40 Feet From Obama at DC Dinner: Actor

David Cross, of Arrested Development fame, says he did it on a dare

Oct 22, 09 9:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - We’ve all done silly stuff on a dare, but probably not on the level of actor/author/comic/crazy guy David Cross, who says he snorted cocaine not 40 feet from President Obama at the White House Correspondents' Dinner (not, for the record, held at the White House). With cabinet secretaries, Supreme... More »

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Secret Service • cocaine • stand up comedy • Arrested Development • White House Correspondents Dinner • Obama administration • President Obama • David Cross • Amber Tamblyn

Creator of 'Kill Obama'
Poll Is a Kid

No charges filed

Oct 1, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service has found the mastermind behind the “Should Obama Be Killed?” Facebook poll—and it turns out to be a kid. After a chat with the young perp and the parents, the agency has decided not to press charges, a spokesman said. “This is something we... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • Facebook • assassination • juvenile • juvenile crime

(Newser) - The developer whose software was used to create the “Should Obama be Killed?” Facebook poll has talked to the Secret Service. “The conversation with the SS was fine,” Jesse Farmer wrote on Twitter, but “If the goal was to resolve the issue + inform the SS,... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Secret Service • Facebook • poll • assassination • President Obama • social media



 Secret Service 
 Probes Facebook Poll 
 on Murdering Obama 

Bloggers alerted law enforcement to potential danger

Sep 28, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service is looking into a Facebook poll that asked users to weigh in on whether the president should be killed. “We are taking the appropriate investigative steps,” said a rep for the agency. The poll, which has already been taken down, offered four possible answers to... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • law enforcement • Secret Service • Facebook • poll • assassination • President Obama

 House Next 
 to Obamas' 
 Chicago Digs 
 Hits Market 

Agent calls area 'the world's ultimate gated community'

Sep 11, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Got a couple million and think you can pass a Secret Service background check? The house next door to President Obama’s Chicago digs is on sale, the Tribune reports. Round-the-clock protection puts the 17-room brick home in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood in “the world’s ultimate... More »

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real estate • Chicago • Secret Service • background check • Hyde Park • President Obama • real estate agent

DC Delegate:
Ban Guns
Near Obama

Says pistol-packers too close; Secret Service says not an issue

Aug 20, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Washington DC's congressional delegate is watching gun-toting protesters outside venues where Barack Obama speaks, and she's not gonna take it anymore, reports The Hill. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton—whose constituency last year had its handgun ban tossed by the Supreme Court—wants guns banned in the president's vicinity, and is... More »

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Barack Obama • gun control • Secret Service • Second Amendment • political protest • handgun ban • guns • Eleanor Holmes Norton

FBI, CIA Recruits Duke It Out With Actors on DC's Streets

Bystanders beware: crime scenes staged on streets

Aug 17, 09 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Criminal incidents around Washington may not always be what they seem: The FBI, CIA, Secret Service, and other authorities stage crimes all over town, aiming to put trainees in the heat of the action, the Washington Post reports. Professional actors, students, retired cops, and others play bad-guy targets for new... More »

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CIA • FBI • police • Secret Service • training • actor • Washington, DC • acting

(Newser) - The Secret Service is struggling to cope with a huge number of threats being made against President Obama, according to the author of a new book on the agency. Threats against the president have quadrupled since Obama took office to some 30 a day, few of which are publicized for... More »

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Secret Service • death threats • threats • assassination • President Obama

OPINION

 Silly Security Overkill 
 Is Hurting Public Officials 

Are our precautions doing more harm than good?

Jul 30, 09 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, our public officials need protection—but things are getting out of hand, writes David Ignatius in the Washington Post. Since 9/11, “we have gotten so cranked up about security in the United States that senior officials travel in cocoons, as if they are under constant threat.” And... More »

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security • Secret Service • bodyguard • David Ignatius • public office

(Newser) - Former vice presidents lose their Secret Service protection 6 months after leaving office, but Dick Cheney is no ordinary former vice president. In a first, his protection will be extended for an indefinite period, CNN reports. Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano signed off on the move, which was reportedly requested... More »

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Dick Cheney • Secret Service • vice president

Chicago's Tab for Protecting Obama's Home: $2.2M

Unclear if feds will kick in more than $1.5M

Jul 21, 09 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Chicago police have spent at least $2.2 million watching over Barack Obama’s home since his November election, city documents reveal. The federal government will reimburse the $1.5 million racked up from November until the January inauguration, but the city is on its own for the $650,... More »

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Barack Obama • security • Chicago • Secret Service • Hyde Park • Chicago police

(Newser) - Despite President Obama’s promise of transparency, the administration is blocking requests for the White House visitors list, MSNBC reports, defying two federal court rulings that the lists are public record. In addition to denying MSNBC’s request for a list of all visitors since Jan. 20, the Secret Service... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • Freedom of Information Act • executive privilege • watchdog • visitor logs • transparency • Obama administration • President Obama

NC Cops Arrest 2nd Man in Craigslist Rape

Site helps track down attacker hired by victim's husband

Jun 14, 09 3:13 PM CDT
(AP) - North Carolina cops have charged a second man in the rape of a woman that authorities say was arranged by her husband on Craigslist, reports the Charlotte Observer. Rodney Liverman, 39, faces a first-degree rape charge, along with three other sex offenses, and was jailed on $250,000 bond. Craigslist... More »

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crime • Secret Service • rape • North Carolina • Craigslist • arrest

Feds Hunt Utah Man 'On
Mission to Kill' Obama

Multiple gun owner charged with threatening the prez after statements in bank

Jun 5, 09 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service is hunting a man who took all of his money out of a Utah bank and told the teller he was on a "mission to kill" the president, the Salt Lake Tribune. Daniel James Murray has been charged with making threats against the president. ... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • death threats • Utah • assassination • President Obama • Daniel James Murray

(Newser) - Federal authorities are on the case after a Pennsylvania paper ran a classified ad that appears to call for the assassination of President Obama, Editor & Publisher reports. “May Obama follow in the footsteps of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley & Kennedy!” the ad read. Those presidents were assassinated in... More »

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newspaper • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • Pennsylvania • assassination • Abraham Lincoln • classified ads • President Obama • James Garfield • William McKinley

(Newser) - A woman who insisted on trying to hand a letter to President Obama today got a special delivery courtesy of LAX airport security instead. Brenda Lee, 58, was carried away from the press area of the airport just before Air Force One touched down, reports the Orange County Register. Lee,... More »

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Secret Service • reporter • President Obama • letter • Brenda Lee

(Newser) - Oh, the possibilities. Marc Ambinder in the Atlantic, says he’s learned the Secret Service code name for White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. Rahmbo? Nope. A play on his favorite expletive? Sorry. It’s actually the rather dull Black Hawk. The agency assigned it to him during the... More »

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White House • Secret Service • Rahm Emanuel • name • Obama administration • chief of staff • expletives

Obama Girls' Media Coverage
Stays Sane—So Far

Paparazzi anticipate friendly relations with First Family

Jan 29, 09 4:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The paparazzi love Sasha and Malia Obama—their dad is the world’s biggest celeb, and they’re adorable. This can only mean trouble, right? Maybe not, writes Belinda Luscombe in Time. Tabloids seem to stepping gingerly around privacy concerns so far. And what's more, the media-savvy first family seems... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • tabloids • paparazzi • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family

OPINION


 Lesbian Fiction's 
 Hot New Stars: 
 Secret Service 
 Agents 

Security more desirable than love: Thomas

Jan 22, 09 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Secret Service agents have become popular protagonists in lesbian romance mysteries because they embody traits readers covet, June Thomas writes for Slate. "They are the ultimate strong, silent type—they fade into the background without hiding, they keep their mouths shut, and they have your back," she... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Secret Service • fiction • fantasy • mystery • romance • Lesbian

 Meet Obama's 'Beast' 

Secret Service says 44's impenetrable vehicle is most sophisticated in the world

Jan 20, 09 4:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The latest limousine to join the presidential fleet is essentially a tank with a Cadillac exterior, Wired reports. The armored vehicle—code-named “Stagecoach” but dubbed “The Beast” due to its makeup—is the world’s most sophisticated car. The Secret Service and General Motors refuse to divulge specs... More »

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Barack Obama • intelligence • Secret Service • General Motors • homeland security • Cadillac • motorcade • President Obama • presidential limousine

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