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Secret Service stories: 52 news summaries

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Clinton-Obama Race Ups Stakes for Secret Service

Agents deploy to protect two unique candidates

Mar 11, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The race for the Democratic nomination is confounding an unlikely group—the Secret Service, which started covering Barack Obama earlier than any previous candidate and has protected Hillary Clinton since Bill's nomination in 1992. And the throngs of passionate supporters—as many as 30,000—at campaign events “definitely... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Secret Service • Bill Clinton • assassination attempt • Democratic presidential primaries • campaign security • general election

Ritual Daggers Bar Sikhs From Meeting Pope

Religion, Secret Service at impasse for April interfaith US gathering

Mar 6, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Sikh leaders won’t attend a US interfaith meeting with Pope Benedict XVI next month because the Secret Service won’t let them wear ceremonial daggers, the AP reports. Kirpaans are required attire for the Eastern religion. “We cannot undermine the rights and freedoms of religion in the name... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Secret Service • Catholic • Sikh • bishop • kirpaan • dagger • sword

For Obama Faithful, Fears Cloud Hopes

Evoking memories
of King, Kennedys stirs anxieties over safety

Feb 25, 08 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - "Stop worrying," Barack Obama tells supporters. “I've got the best protection in the world.” But they're worrying anyway: Even as supporters have watched their candidate rocket from longshot to frontrunner, their anxieties about a possible assassination attempt have grown, the New York Times reports. “Some... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • assassination • Martin Luther King Jr. • JFK assassination • presidential candidates • Robert F. Kennedy

Fayed: 'Nazi' Philip Killed Diana

Dodi's dad decries royals, details conspiracy theory in inquest rant

Feb 18, 08 9:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Prince Phillip—a “Nazi” who should be sent “back to Germany from where he comes”—headed a royal family plot to murder Princess Diana and his son, Dodi Al Fayed's father told the Diana inquest today. “You want to know his original name—It ends with... More »

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Prince Philip • Princess Diana • Secret Service • conspiracy • inquest • Diana inquest • British royals • Mohamed Al Fayed • royal conspiracy • Dodi al Fayed

Cheney Resists Testifying
in 'Attack' Lawsuit

Alleged attacker wants veep to clear up encounter in court

Feb 4, 08 7:36 PM CST
(Newser) - A man collared on suspicion of assaulting Dick Cheney two years ago wants the veep to testify in court—but is it likely? Cheney would only have to if his testimony is unobtainable by other means, one expert said—exactly what Cheney's lawyer argued last week in court. But one... More »

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Dick Cheney • Secret Service • First Amendment • Fourth Amendment • Steve Howards

Cheney May Testify in 'Assault' Arrest Lawsuit

Turmoil in Cheney's Secret Service detail

Jan 18, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney may be questioned under oath in a free-speech and civil rights lawsuit brought by a man who was arrested and threatened with assault charges when he approached Cheney at a ski resort. The 2006 incident has sparked a storm of controversy inside the Secret Service with... More »

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Dick Cheney • Secret Service • civil rights • assault • Steven Howards • Virgil D. Reichle • Beaver Creek Resort • polygraph

Prank Caller Gets Dubya's Digits

Impersonating Iceland's president earns 16-year-old promise of a call back

Dec 12, 07 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - As prank calls go, Vífill Atlason’s call to the White House is in select company. Posing as Iceland’s president, the 16-year-old says he managed to schedule a phone meeting with President Bush, though Icelandic police tracked him down before that could happen. White House spokesmen say Atlason... More »

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White House • Secret Service • prank • Iceland • Vífill Atlason

Teen Nabbed for $26M
'Net Heist

18-year-old Kiwi's ring robbed IDs
with 'spybot' program

Dec 1, 07 5:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The computer ace behind a $26 million worldwide identity theft heist is only 18, police said today, after nabbing New Zealander Owen Whyte. The teen allegedly wrote a ‘spybot’ program which stole financial data from more than a million computers. Police called him “one of the most skilled... More »

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FBI • Secret Service • University of Pennsylvania • cybercrime • botnet • hacking • cracking • AKILL • spybot

Ex-Agent Claims Twist
in JFK Plot

Says Cuban killers, armed radical planned hits in Chicago

Nov 22, 07 6:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Feds dug up a plot to ice JFK in Chicago three weeks before he was killed in Dallas, ABC news reports. JFK's trip to the Windy City was nixed, but agents never passed on data about a Cuban hit squad and an armed radical to federal agents in Dallas. Yet... More »

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Secret Service • John F. Kennedy • Lee Harvey Oswald • JFK assassination • conspiracy theory

Would-Be Wallace Killer
Walks Free

Shooter served
35 years for 1972 assassination attempt

Nov 9, 07 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The man who tried to assassinate George Wallace in 1972 walked free from prison today after serving 35 years of his 53-year sentence. Arthur Bremer opened fire on the Alabama governor as he campaigned for president in Maryland, leaving him paralyzed. Before he died in 1998, the onetime segregationist wrote... More »

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Secret Service • Richard Nixon • parole • George Wallace • Arthur Bremer • George McGovern • assassination attempt

Rove's Jag Gets Punk’d

Ride falls victim to the Christo treatment

Aug 29, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Karl Rove drives off into the sunset tonight, his ride will boast a new take on “Just Married” decorations. While the just-resigned strategist was visiting Texas, his Jaguar was pranked at the White House, the AP reports. The jokesters wrapped the vehicle in plastic wrap before slapping on... More »

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Barack Obama • Karl Rove • White House • Secret Service • Jaguar • prank • cars

Secret Service Guards Obama

Chertoff assigns
detail to protect candidate at
request of campaign

May 3, 07 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff has authorized Secret Service protection for presidential candidate Barack Obama, CNN reports. A spokesman would not explain the reason for the assignment but said the secretary acted at the campaign's request. The Secret Service said the coverage is not in response to a specific threat,... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential campaign • Secret Service • Michael Chertoff • Election 2008

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