http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/usss/ en-us Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:36:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084960/posts Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate. editor and Publisher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084960/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:36:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085148/posts Hackers broke into the Yahoo! e-mail account that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin used for official business as Alaska's governor, revealing as evidence a few inconsequential personal messages she has received since John McCain selected her as his running mate. "This is a shocking invasion of the governor's privacy and a violation of law. The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these e-mails will destroy them," the McCain campaign said in a statement. The Secret Service contacted The Associated Press on Wednesday and asked for copies of the... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085148/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:41:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084882/posts Memo to US Secret Service: Net proxy may pinpoint Palin email hackers Not quite Anonymous By Dan Goodin in San Francisco Posted in Security, 18th September 2008 01:22 GMT Memo to law enforcement investigators tracking down who broke into Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account: Gabriel Ramuglia might be a good place to start. The 25-year-old webmaster and entrepreneur is the operator of Ctunnel.com (http://ctunnel.com/), the browsing proxy service used by the group that hacked into the vice presidential candidate's personal email account and exposed its contents (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/17/anonymous_hacks_sarah_palin/) to the world. While he has yet to examine his logs, he says... The Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084882/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:47:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084662/posts John McCain's campaign said Wednesday it has contacted "appropriate authorities" over a report that Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail had been hacked. "This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law," campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement. "The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these emails will destroy them. We will have no further comment." The statement came hours after a user on the Web site WikiLeaks said he had gained access to Palin's Yahoo e-mail account and gained access.... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084662/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:56:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076457/posts Who knew Secret Service agents were so handy for parents of elementary school kids? Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, taking questions from an Indiana crowd Saturday, called on a 5th grade teacher. Noting that his 10-year-old daughter, Malia, is starting the 5th grade, he asked: "Any tips? What should I be waiting around for?" Someone called out, "boys." "What!" Obama exclaimed in mock horror, as the audience laughed. "Hold on a sec. Maybe that home-schooling is all right. One reason I have to win here is so that I've got Secret Service around my girls at all times. They carry... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2076457/posts#comment Sun, 7 Sep 2008 02:50:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070181/posts The Secret Service is denying that it conducted a security sweep of the Michigan home belonging to the sister of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R). Roll Call earlier reported that the sweep took place, suggesting that it might be an indication that Romney was in line to be selected as Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) vice presidential running mate. Roll Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070181/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:31:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069983/posts Roll Call cites sources with strong Michigan ties saying the Secret Service has conducted a security sweep of the home of Romney’s sister. Time mag http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069983/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:27:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069925/posts Excerpt - The Faulkner County Sheriff's Office and other local law enforcement have joined a search for a man from the Mount Vernon-Enola area who ran from Secret Service agents. Faulkner County Sheriff Karl Byrd said the man may have a gun and has lately been calling the sheriff's department acting as if he is mentally disturbed. "He has called us with strange calls, 'This is Kenny Chesney. Someone stole my tour bus.' Or, 'This is Lt. Gary Moore. I found Kenny Chesney's tour bus in a shed.'" ~ snip ~ "He had a thing for Chelsea Clinton. I don't... thecabin.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069925/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:03:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068851/posts Police in the US say there is "insufficient evidence" to charge three men who were allegedly planning to assassinate Barack Obama. Sky News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068851/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068036/posts DENVER (CBS4) ― CBS4 has now learned at least four people are under arrest in connection with a possible plot to kill Barack Obama at his Thursday night acceptance speech in Denver. All are being held on either drug or weapons charges. CBS4 Investigator Brian Maass reported one of the suspects told authorities they were "going to shoot Obama from a high vantage point using a ... rifle Â… sighted at 750 yards." Law enforcement sources tell Maass that one of the suspects "was directly asked if they had come to Denver to kill Obama. He responded in the affirmative."... CBS4Denver http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068036/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:05:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067312/posts <p>BARACK Obama came clean today on his true motivation behind running for president - to keep his daughters safe from undesirable suitors.</p> <p>"The real reason is Secret Service protection for my two girls as they enter into their teenaged years," the Democrat said, joking with voters at a barbecue here in a woodland setting beside a lake.</p> News.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067312/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:45:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065133/posts Every day the Secret Service thinks: Today could be THE day. ...This year, the significance of Obama's race is not lost on anyone either. AP / kansascity.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065133/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:57:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064524/posts GLENDALE, AZ -- A plane carrying a pilot and two United States Secret Service agents for Senator John McCain crash landed in a West Valley field on Tuesday morning, according to officials from the Arizona senator's campaign. No serious injuries were reported at the scene near 99th and Northern avenues. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the single-engine Cessna 206 took off from Glendale Airport just after 10 a.m. The pilot noted a rough-running engine and tried to land in a vacant lot two miles from the runway, but hit a fence. The plane sustained substantial damage. According to... ABC 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064524/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:48:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058602/posts MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court yesterday on charges he threatened to assassinate Barack Obama. Raymond Hunter Geisel, 22, was arrested by the Secret Service on Saturday in Miami and was ordered held without bail yesterday by a federal magist New York post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058602/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:15:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2058113/posts I don't recall the names our Secret Service have given the two main political candidates.Ronald Reagan was "Rawhide". John Edwards was the "Breck Girl"Who are the 2008 Candidates?(suggestions accepted) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2058113/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:27:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057567/posts Police found a map of Camp David marked with a presidential motorcade route inside the Bethesda home of the teenager at the center of a bombmaking probe, along with a document that appears to describe how to kill someone at a distance of 200 meters, a Montgomery County prosecutor said yesterday at a court hearing. Collin McKenzie-Gude, 18, also had two forms of fake identification: one portraying him as a Central Intelligence Agency employee, and the other in the name of a federal contractor purportedly protected by the Geneva Conventions, authorities said. The investigation has expanded to include officials from... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057567/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 19:38:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057354/posts Reporter Claims McCain Team Kicked Him Out Because He’s Black breitbart.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057354/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:17:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057151/posts <p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-A newspaper is asking John McCain's campaign why a black reporter assigned to cover a rally was singled out by security and told to leave a backstage area.</p> <p>Stephen Price, a reporter for the Tallahassee Democrat, was among four Florida capital press corps reporters behind the scenes at a Panama City rally Friday when a Secret Service agent approached and asked if he were part of the national media traveling with McCain. Price said no, and the agent told him he had to leave. Price said he then pointed out that there were other state reporters in the same area, but was still told to leave. The other reporters were white.</p> The Dallas Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057151/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 01:15:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042767/posts Who read Free Republic? Apparently the U.S. Secret Service does!This past weekend, I posted an article alerting the Secret Service that members of the terrorist supporting group Code Pink were using fake presses to gain access to events headlined by Secret Service protectees like presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (AZ).This morning, McCain spoke at the LULAC convention in Washington, D.C. Usually when he speaks at an event in D.C., McCain can expect to have his speech disrupted by Code Pink activists who rush the stage and heckle him from the audience and the press section.That didn't happen today.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042767/posts#comment Wed, 9 Jul 2008 04:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027749/posts We have another thing about which to worry. I saw this photo from the Hillary sort of concession speech today and wondered. Yes, a cell gunphone exists. At these rallies, people get very close to the candidates and, in this case, a former impeached president. What if this had been a weapon? Do they take the time to actually x-ray your cell phone? This is pretty scary technology. Hitting the 5, 6, 7 and 8 buttons on the gunphone fires four .22 caliber rounds in quick succession. VIDEO AT THIS LINK At first sight it looks like a regular cell... cellular.co.za http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027749/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 01:42:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020418/posts SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sen. Hillary Clinton referred Friday to the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 Democratic campaign as a reason she should continue to campaign despite increasingly long odds. Clinton was responding to a question from the Sioux Falls Argus Leader editorial board about calls for her to drop out of the race. "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it," she said, dismissing the idea of dropping... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020418/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 20:54:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013895/posts WASHINGTON, May 9 (UPI) -- Supervisors in the U.S. Secret Service exchanged e-mails with racist jokes, some of them sexual, a document filed in federal court Friday said. The filing came in a discrimination lawsuit filed in 2000 by 10 black Secret Service agents, The New York Times reported. upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2013895/posts#comment Sat, 10 May 2008 03:40:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996740/posts McCain rejects Secret Service protection By Mike Soraghan Posted: 04/03/08 11:08 AM [ET] Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) may be the presumptive GOP nominee for president, but, by his own wishes, he is not being protected by the Secret Service. “He has not requested protection,” Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told a congressional subcommittee this morning. “We have no involvement at this point.” In opting not to take the protection, McCain is following through on plans he outlined to reporters late last year on his Straight Talk Express campaign bus. Members of the House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee were surprised by... TheHill.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996740/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 16:26:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996859/posts John McCain plans to take on Secret Service protection and will be meeting with agency officials next week, the GOP nominee-in-waiting told FOX News on Friday, a day after the director of Secret Service told Congress that McCain is the only major candidate to have declined the protection. “I think that it’s important as we get more and more visibility, that we recognize the inevitable,” McCain told FOX News’ Chris Wallace, in an interview to air on “FOX News Sunday.” “And so we will be talking with them early to arrange for very soon, some Secret Service protection.” Hillary Clinton... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996859/posts#comment Fri, 4 Apr 2008 20:25:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996337/posts Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) may be the presumptive GOP nominee for president, but, by his own wishes, he is not being protected by the Secret Service. “He has not requested protection,” Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told a congressional subcommittee this morning. “We have no involvement at this point.” In opting not to take the protection, McCain is following through on plans he outlined to reporters late last year on his Straight Talk Express campaign bus. Members of the House Appropriations Homeland Security subcommittee were surprised by Sullivan’s revelation. Sullivan said his agency had been in contact with McCain’s staff.... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996337/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 22:23:22 GMT