Secret Service

House Extend Protection For Past Presidents
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to give former presidents and their wives lifetime Secret Service protection, arguing that terrorist threats and the comparative youth of recent presidents make such a change necessary. The legislation, which now goes to the Senate, reverses a 1994 law that terminated Secret Service protection 10 years after a president leaves office...
Senator Calls For Independent Secret Service Probe
Senator Calls For Independent Secret Service Probe
Senator Calls For Independent Secret Service Probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran Republican lawmaker says it's time for an inspector general's investigation to find how widespread the problems at the Secret Service are. Sen. Chuck Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, says the nation needs to know whether reports of sexual misbehavior by agents traveling in advance of the president reflect part of the culture of the Secret