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Secret Service Were 'Bunch of Fools': Hooker

Neal Colgrass — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:05:05 CDT

A prostitute at the heart of the Secret Service sex scandal has gone on Colombian TV and called the agents "a bunch of fools," the Telegraph reports. Dania Londono Suarez went on: "I could have done a thousand other things. If I had wanted to, I could have gone through...

Secret Service Memo: No Booze 10 Hours Before Work

Mark Russell — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:14:00 CDT

Memo to Secret Service agents: no more drinking alcohol within 10 hours of working; no bringing foreigners to your hotel rooms; and, no going to "non-reputable" establishments. Those are just three items in a 10-point list of rules handed out to agency employees yesterday, as the Secret Service tries to...

Expect More Secret Service Firings: King

Kevin Spak — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:34:38 CDT

Heads probably haven't finished rolling at the Secret Service over its prostitution scandal, Rep. Peter King said today on Meet the Press, saying he expected "several" members to depart in the "near future." The House Homeland Security chair promised a thorough investigation, and has already sent a letter to the...

Booted Secret Service Agent Looks to Sue

Matt Cantor — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 08:47:05 CDT

As the investigation into the Secret Service sex scandal unfolds, one of the agents driven out is set to sue, a congressional insider tells CBS News . Congress expects more resignations in the matter within days, according to Rep. Peter King. While reports have held that three agents have been forced...

'Hundreds' of Hezbollah Agents in US: Peter King

Kevin Spak — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:27:49 CDT

The US is crawling with Hezbollah agents, many of whom have been trained as terrorists, Rep. Peter King said in a CNN appearance today. "The American intelligence community … believes we are very much at risk for an attack by Iranian operatives, which would be Hezbollah," King said, according to...

Radical US Muslims 'a Minuscule Threat'

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:25:43 CST

After the attempted Times Square bombing in 2010, many feared that radical Muslim Americans posed a growing threat to the US—but that fear is unfounded, a new report from a research group declares. The number of US Muslims charged in violent attacks or plots peaked in 2009 at 47,...

Pentagon to Examine Alleged Leaks on bin Laden Movie

Matt Cantor — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:55:09 CST

The Defense Department is investigating claims that the White House gave classified information about the Osama bin Laden raid ... to Hollywood. GOP Rep. Peter King sought the investigation following allegations that the administration provided Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow with privileged information for her upcoming film on the raid, reports...

House Probes New 9/11 Suspect

Matt Cantor — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:29:05 CDT

The House homeland security panel has set its sights on another extremist over possible ties to the 9/11 attacks: the cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a dual citizen of the US and Yemen, reports Fox News . “We need to do this in light of al-Awlaki’s growing stature,” committee chair Peter King tells...

Did White House Leak Osama Secrets to Hollywood?

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:00:00 CDT

A Republican congressman is demanding an investigation following reports that the White House leaked top secret information about the Osama bin Laden kill operation to Hollywood filmmakers. Details were handed over to Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow to make a positive film to boost the president's image before the next...