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Mississippi man arrested in the recent (suspected) ricin mailings

Link to WaPo article: http://tinyurl.com/cajmj5o Suspect arrested is Paul Kevin... more

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URGENT! OBAMA Signs Anti-Protest Bill - FREE SPEECH & Protest will get you JAIL TIME!

URGENT! OBAMA Signs Anti-Protest Bill - FREE SPEECH & Protest will get you JAIL... more

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Bill Would Provide Lifetime Protection to Ex-Presidents

Ex-presidents were protected for life until Congress passed a bill in 1994 to establish a 10-year limit on post-presidential Secret Service protection.

5:44PM EST December 4. 2012 - WASHINGTON -- Even if you disagreed with the policies of President George W. Bush, it's a good bet you still think the Secret Service should protect him from terrorists.

Thus the House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan bill to guarantee Bush – and other former U.S. presidents – Secret Service protection for life.

Ex-presidents were protected for life until Congress passed a bill in 1994 to establish a 10-year limit on post-presidential Secret Service protection. ABC News reported at the time that Secret Service protection for ex-presidents was costing taxpayers $15 million a year; Congress concluded a better and cheaper approach would be to pay for private security firms to take over the task after a decade.

But the bill also exempted then-president Bill Clinton, meaning Bush is the first president who will not be protected for life unless the law is changed. Under current law, his Secret Service detail will expire in six years.

Indicating the bipartisan interest in the issue, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and three other members of the House Judiciary Committee – Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, former chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., and Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va. – introduced the legislation Nov. 30 and the House is likely to pass it less than a full week after its introduction. The Senate does not yet have a similar bill.

Gowdy said "the increased mobility and youth of still-living former presidents, coupled with the national security threat posed to post-9/11 leaders who were instrumental in the war on terror, necessitates protection for life, as has been the case since the 1960s."

The Secret Service has been working with Congress on the language of the bill and spokesman Ed Donovan said "we feel that it is appropriate that we continue to protect" the ex-presidents.

Brent Budowsky, a former congressional staffer and columnist for the Hill newspaper who has written on the subject of presidential protection, said "it is not a lot of money and they are all a national treasure." He noted that former presidents are increasingly active in charitable and diplomatic efforts around the world and "the country owes it to all of them" to provide lifetime protection regardless of their politics.

Robert Gray, who published a book earlier this year on presidential perks, noted that Richard Nixon canceled his own Secret Service detail after he left the White House and ultimately paid for his own security. But times have changed and "we are such a mean people right now," that the increased protection may be necessary.

On the other hand, Gray notes, ex-presidents now make millions off of book deals and speaking engagements -- "ex-presidents are as rich as they want to be" -- so it may be reasonable to ask them to pay for their own protection.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2012/12/04/bush-secret-service-protecion/1745791/Ex-presidents were protected for life until Congress passed a bill in 1994 to... more

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Rep. Brad Staats posts his gun on Facebook- ‘Welcome to Tennessee, Mr. Obama’

A Republican nominee for Congress is defending his decision to post a photo of his gun... more

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Romney’s Tax Returns Reportedly Stolen from Accounting Firm

The Secret Service said Wednesday it is investigating the reported theft of copies of... more

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Obama Protection 48

August edition of the "Obama Protection" files from the whistleblower... more

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Former Marine Detained for Facebook Posts About 9/11

A former U.S. Marine who accused the government of lying about 9/11 and spoke of... more

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Police Trying to Solve Mystery of Man Found With Cache of Fake IDs, Boy Scout Uniforms, NASA Flight Suit

Uhh...WTF?!?

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Police in Florida are asking for the public's help in the unusual case of Roy Antigua, a 52-year-old man who was found in possession of a cache of fake IDs—including CIA, Coast Guard and hospital badges—medical paraphernalia and a NASA flight suit and space helmet.

"In 20 years, I've never seen anything this elaborate," New Port Richey police Detective Michael Anderson said at a news conference on Monday.

On July 31, police stopped Antigua's black Cadillac Escalade, which had tinted windows, a Department of Homeland Security registration sticker and Coast Guard decals. He was cited for driving with a suspended license. During questioning, Antigua showed police a military ID that turned out to be fake.

A subsequent search of two homes uncovered about 200 suspicious items, New Port Richey Police Chief James Steffens told CNN, including "diplomatic license plates and dozens of fake identification cards from the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Defense, CIA and NASA," as well as "access badges to hospitals around Florida, doctor and nurse scrubs, a respiratory technician badge, police blue lights and access stickers to Coast Guard bases." Antigua also had at least six Boy Scout uniforms.

"The question remains," WTSP-TV said. "Is Roy Antigua a true threat, a possible danger with the approaching Republican National Convention? Did he have devious plans with all the paraphernalia he possessed? Or was he just living a fantasy?"

"He's definitely strange," Steffens said. "But we need to know if he's truly dangerous."

Steffens said that Antigua, dressed in a Coast Guard uniform, approached him in May during a Memorial Day event. "He blended in and even introduced himself," the Steffens said. "We never knew."

He added: "The best case scenario is he just liked to dress up and wear outfits."

According to Fox's Tampa Bay affiliate, local police are working with the Secret Service to determine where Antigua's CIA badge came from.

Antigua—a native of Cuba—is being held in Pasco County Jail for an unrelated probation violation, giving police time to solve the mystery.

"We just want to know what this individual has been involved in," Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said at the news conference. "Has he been committing crimes? What kind of individual would want to dress up like this? That is why we need the public's help."Uhh...WTF?!? *** Police in Florida are asking for the public's help in the... more

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Forkless Friday at Obama event

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. --Does a fork or dinner knife pose an unacceptable danger to... more

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Outrage: Secret Service Interrogates Obama Eligibility Activist

This video documents federal agents coming to the home of anti-Obama activist Rudy... more

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Medical News: Researchers Discover A Shocking Link Between Inflamed Kidney Stones & Ted Nugent

Ted's got massive stones!

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Enraged Ted Nugent threatens to ‘f*ck’ female CBS producer

By David Edwards Friday, May 4, 2012 11:16 EDT Ted Nugent recently said... more

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Government Planning to Evacuate Chicago

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Lieberman: Hold Obama ‘accountable’ for Secret Service scandal

By David Edwards
Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:53 EDT

Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday insisted that President Barack Obama and the White House should be held accountable for a sex scandal within the Secret Service and for lavish spending at the General Services Administration (GSA).

“It would be unfair to hold President Obama responsible for this outrageous behavior at the Secret Service and the GSA, but it is fair to hold the president accountable,” Lieberman told Fox News host Chris Wallace. “What do I mean when I say the president should be held accountable? The buck stops at the president’s desk. He’s the leader of our government. He now has to be acting with a kind of relentless determination to find out exactly what happened and to make sure the people who work for him at the Secret Service and the GSA and everywhere else in the government don’t let anything like this happen again.”

The Connecticut senator also called for an investigation to determine whether White House staff were involved in the incident where Secret Services agents allegedly solicited prostitutes in Columbia ahead of the president’s recent visit there.

“I’d say it’s a reasonable question,” Lieberman explained. “I think the White House ought to be conducting its own internal investigation of White House personnel who were in Cartagena just to makes sure that none of them were involved in this kind of inappropriate behavior.”

“I understand a White House advance person doesn’t have quite the same range of responsibility as a Secret Service agent does. On the other hand, a White House advance person knows exactly where the president is going to be at any time. … So, that’s an important question and the White House ought to be taking [Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck] Grassley’s inquiry not defensively, but making sure they answer the questions.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/22/lieberman-hold-obama-accountable-for-secret-service-scandal/

Watch this video from Fox’s Fox News Sunday, broadcast April 22, 2012.

"Yup, now it's also BO's responsibility to contain the sexual yearnings of the Secret Service members, according to Joe Lieberman... Should BO be instituting SaltPeter for all members???" "Accountable, now there's a word I would never expect to hear from turn coat Joe!!!"By David Edwards Sunday, April 22, 2012 10:53 EDT Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe... more

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Secret Service looking into Ted Nugent (No not for masturbating to kitty porn) but his violent anti-Obama message

The U.S. Secret Service is looking into a violent rant by “Cat Scratch... more

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Secret Service Investigating Ted Nugent's threats towards President

Ted Nugent’s threatening remarks about President Obama at the annual National... more

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‘Mitt Needs Moms’: Jon Stewart Tackles the Mommy Wars

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Argentina storms out of Americas summit

President Cristina Kirchner and Bolivia's Evo Morales walk out with summit... more

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Oh my...

By JOSH GERSTEIN | 4/15/12 6:21 PM EDT CARTAGENA, Colombia — President Barack... more

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U.S. Secret Service agents recalled from Colombia

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations of misconduct by agents who had been sent to Cartagena, Colombia, to provide security for President Obama’s trip to a summit that began there Friday.

Edwin Donovan, an agency spokesman, said that an unspecified number of agents have been recalled and replaced with others, stressing that Obama’s security has not been compromised because of the change. Obama arrived in Cartagena on Friday afternoon for this weekend’s Summit of the Americas, a gathering of 33 of the hemisphere’s 35 leaders to discuss economic policy and trade.

Donovan declined to disclose details about the nature of the alleged misconduct. But Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, said the accusations relate to at least one agent having involvement with prostitutes in Cartagena.

In a statement, Donovan said the matter has been turned over to the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility, which serves as the agency’s internal affairs unit.

“The Secret Service takes all allegations of misconduct seriously,” Donovan said. “These personnel changes will not affect the comprehensive security plan that has been prepared in advance of the President’s trip.”

Adler said the entire unit was recalled for purposes of the investigation. The Secret Service “responded appropriately” and is “looking at a very serious allegation,” he said, adding that the agency “needs to properly investigate and fairly ascertain the merits of the allegations.”

The Washington Post was alerted to the investigation by Ronald Kessler, a former Post reporter and author of several nonfiction books, including the book “In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes With Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect.”

Kessler said he was told that a dozen agents had been removed from the trip. He added that soliciting prostitution is considered inappropriate by the Secret Service, even though it is legal in Colombia when conducted in designated “tolerance zones.” However, Kessler added, several of the agents involved are married.The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations of misconduct by agents who had... more

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