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Secret Service stories: 52 news summaries

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 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

 Unprecedented Security 
 Watches Over DC 

Record staff, supplies needed to counter crowds, threats

Jan 20, 09 10:07 AM CST
(Newser) - It is an almost unimaginably difficult job: as Washington floods with millions of visitors, the Secret Service has to comb through and pick out all potential sources of danger to the new president. This means, as the London Times reports, a record five tons of bulletproof glass, tens of thousands... More »

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Barack Obama • Washington DC • Secret Service • assassination • inauguration • campaign security • President Obama

Growing Obama Security
to Peak at Inauguration

Tuesday's event will present ultimate security challenge

Jan 18, 09 8:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Two years of improving security for Barack Obama will climax at his swearing-in on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports. The president-elect will address the nation from behind a 5-ton bulletproof curtain as more than 23,000 police and National Guard troops stand guard. Road, river, and air traffic will be... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • inauguration • campaign security

Obama Train Challenges Secret Service

Journey to Washington poses 137 miles of potential threats

Jan 10, 09 6:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's train ride to the presidency is giving the Secret Service 137 miles of stress, reports CNN. The president-elect's route from Philadelphia to Washington is lined with countless buildings where attackers could hide and security experts fear terrorists could sabotage some of the dozens of bridges and tunnels along... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Secret Service • train • Amtrak • inauguration • President Obama

Feds: Today's Counterfeiters Are Poor Copies

Ink-jet amateurs replace skilled crooks who once fooled experts

Dec 27, 08 8:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Secret Service agents are waxing nostalgic for counterfeiters of old, the Kansas City Star reports. The printers who once produced 20s, 50s, and 100s good enough to fool experts have been replaced by home office crooks who reproduce small bills on ink-jet printers. "It’s a lost art,"... More »

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currency • Secret Service • counterfeit • money • US currency • counterfeiters • forgery

Critics Lace Into Secret Service Over Shoe Attack

But agents hail quick thinking, and president's speedy reflexes

Dec 16, 08 3:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Weighty questions are being lobbed at the Secret Service in the wake of the recent Iraq shoe-tossing incident involving President Bush, reports the Los Angeles Times. Some experts wonder how an assailant was able to throw not one, but two shoes at Bush before agents intervened. "I thought they... More »

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Iraq • Secret Service • shoes • press conference • George W. Bush

Inaugural Early Birds Will Be Barred From Camping Out

Officials steel for up to 5 million for historic event

Dec 12, 08 2:10 AM CST
(Newser) - No one will be allowed to camp overnight to secure the best views on Inauguration Day, reports the Washington Post. Spectators will be barred from staking out spots until 7 am that morning, officials warned yesterday as they unveiled a series of rules for dealing with up to 5 million... More »

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Secret Service • camping • inauguration • Inauguration Day • parade route • The Mall • Pennsylvania Avenue • Jumbotrons • US Park Police • D.C. Department of Transportation

 Threats Against Obama Soar 

Obama threatened more than any previous president-elect

Nov 15, 08 4:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Law enforcement officials say Barack Obama is the most threatened president-elect in history, the AP reports. Potentially threatening writings, Internet chatter, and other activity aimed at Obama has soared since Election Day, accompanied by a surge in racist graffiti. Officials say most of the threats come from ranters lacking the... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • death threats • threats • assassination • white supremacism • hate groups • President Obama

Obama (and His Neighbors) Adjust to Maximum Security

President-elect must adapt to being country's most protected man

Nov 14, 08 7:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is learning to live with the fact that his life has changed forever, the New York Times reports. The first president since Nixon to be elected while living in an urban neighborhood is spending some quality time at home while managing the transition, but his Hyde Park neighborhood... More »

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Barack Obama • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Secret Service • Hyde Park • President Obama

OPINION

Arugula as 'Hope Salad,'
and Other Obama Changes

How president-elect can deliver, concretely, on campaign mantra

Nov 11, 08 6:27 PM CST
(Newser) - In case you haven’t heard, Barack Obama wants to bring change to America. Culture11 offers a list of what that change might mean:
  • When daughters ask for a puppy, Daddy shouts: "Yes we can!"
  • French win fries debate in White House cafeteria. Arugula now known
... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • White House • Secret Service • change • Joe the Plumber • President Obama • White House dog

Meet 'Renegade,' 'Rosebud,'  'Radiance,' 'Renaissance' 

Secret Service will use 'R' names for First Family

Nov 11, 08 9:08 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain called himself a “maverick,” but the Secret Service has dubbed Barack Obama the real “Renegade," according to the Chicago Tribune. In keeping with tradition that’s been around since Harry Truman (“General”), the agency has given the president-elect’s family corresponding alliterative... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Al Gore • Michelle Obama • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • president • Sarah Palin • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • President Obama

Driver Cuts Off Motorcade, Finds Himself at Gunpoint

Secret Service point guns at foolish motorist

Nov 7, 08 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - A less-than-cautious Chicago motorist tried to shave a couple minutes off his drive yesterday by driving around the president-elect's motorcade, only to find himself face-to-face with drawn Secret Service weapons. The Sun-Times advises Chicago drivers to get used to flocks of siren-blaring police cars and Secret Service SUVs—and... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • motorcade • President Obama

Secret Service Says Nobody Yelled 'Kill Him'

But Pa. reporter stands by story of angry shout during Palin rally

Oct 16, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The much-repeated charge that someone in the crowd at a Sarah Palin rally in Scranton shouted “kill him” at the mention of Barack Obama is unfounded, according to a Secret Service agent. No agents in the crowd heard the shout, nor did any crowdmembers the service interviewed, reports the... More »

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Secret Service • Scranton • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

Forget Sticks, Stones; Her Words Are Bullets

Palin's Obama rhetoric fans racist flames

Oct 12, 08 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The McCain campaign has crossed the line from negative campaigning to “inciting vigilantism” with racist tactics that should raise alarms about Barack Obama’s safety, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. Particularly troubling is Sarah Palin’s repeated linking of Obama to “terrorists” and her refusal... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Secret Service • racism • terrorist • negative campaigning • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bill Ayers • the race card

Federal Informer Was Behind Massive Credit Card Theft

Multinational gang stole 45M credit card numbers from US retailers

Aug 12, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents struggling to crack the biggest data-theft ring in history discovered that one of their own informants was orchestrating the syndicate's US operations, the New York Times reports. The supposedly reformed hacker had turned Secret Service informant to escape a prison sentence in 2003 but secretly continued his criminal... More »

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Secret Service • hacker • data theft • cybercrime • informant

 Campaign Costly 
 for Secret Service 

Department nees $9.5 million more than budgeted, leaders say

Jul 25, 08 9:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service has asked for an additional $9.5 million to cover the costs of protecting candidates during this year's campaign—already the longest and costliest in agency history, AP reports. The department had budgeted $107 million, up from $73 million in 2004, but between the marathon primary season,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • Secret Service • budget • protection • campaign trail • presidential candidates • Election 2008

 Secret Service
 Is Racist,
 Suit Alleges 

Damning e-mails surface ahead of trial

May 29, 08 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - A culture of racism lurks behind the dark glasses of the Secret Service, claims a lawsuit filed by more than 100 current and former black agents who say they were denied promotions. The Service denies the charges, but the suit has brought troubling emails to light, ABC News reports. One... More »

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Secret Service • race relations • Ku Klux Klan • racism • lawsuit • racial tension

Secret Service Bosses Shared Racist Jokes

Emails ridicule blacks, joke about Jackson assassination

May 10, 08 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Secret Service supervisors exchanged racist remarks in emails made public yesterday in a lawsuit filed by black agents, the New York Times reports. The messages were shared between at least 20 top agents between 2003 and 2005. One anecdote jokes about assassinating Jesse Jackson. And, according to the lawsuit, the... More »

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Jesse Jackson • email • Secret Service • discrimination • racism • racist

Israel Won't Help Protect Carter

Stonewalling by Olmert's security force 'unprecedented' breach: Secret Service

Apr 14, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli leaders won’t meet with Jimmy Carter, and Israeli security won’t help protect him on his trip through the country, Reuters reports. As Israel’s Shin Bet and the Secret Service sparred over whether the Americans asked for help, a source called the security snub “unprecedented.”... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Jimmy Carter • Hamas • Secret Service • Israel and Palestinians • Shin Bet

 Bill's Bills Cost US
a Record $8M 

Clinton costs twice as much as Carter

Apr 11, 08 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is costing taxpayers significantly more in publicly funded perks than the two other surviving former presidents, reports Politico. From 2001 through the end of this year, $8 million will be spent on Bill Clinton, compared with $5.5 million for George H. W. Bush and $4 million for... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Secret Service • Bill Clinton • Ronald Reagan • George HW Bush • Government Accountability Office • taxpayer money • Harry Truman • taxpayers • former presidents • retirement benefits • National Taxpayers Union • Congressional Research Service • Former Presidents Act

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