Tag: United States Secret Service
DNC DNC Revolution
August 21, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
I have not been watching the Democratic National Convention this week, as all my friends keep asking me. However, it occurred to me I ought to peek since I have a security blog to write this week.
As a journalist I have something of the opposite reaction to election years as my peers. Where most of them are content to leave politics alone until elections make the rounds, I will have spent the past few years, and especially the previous few months absolutely inundated with political news, interviewing...
The falcon cannot hear the falconer
July 24, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
This week in the security world things fall apart, the center cannot hold, and the reason for that is because we fail to learn our lessons.
Being a little less vague this week I’m touching on the two largest pieces of security news, both of which culminated in congressional hearings for responsible parties, for all the good it will do. First up is the aftermath of an assassination attempt last week that led to multiple inquiries on the methods and actions of the United States Secret Service....
Secret Service director resigns following testimony
July 23, 2024SSN Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. — United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned following her testimony in front of the House Oversight Committee on July 22.
Cheatle was lambasted on both sides of the aisle regarding the perceived failures of the secret service for the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally on July 13, 2024. In a prepared statement during her testimony Cheatle accepted responsibility for the incident and extended her condolences...
'Security failure'
July 17, 2024Cory Harris, Editor
My blog title came from the mouths of several high-ranking law enforcement and government officials over the last couple of days, and all we could do is ask, “How did this happen?"
How did a 20-year-old would-be assassin somehow get on the roof of a building during a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pa., and fire a series of rounds that grazed the presidential nominee’s ear, and sadly and tragically kill an innocent spectator protecting his family?
That’s a question that...
Former Microsoft CSO, U.S. Secret Service director join RaySecur advisory board
February 7, 2022SSN Staff
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—RaySecur, a security imaging company with the world’s first DHS Safety Act-designated millimeter wave (mmWave) desktop scanner for mail and package threat detection, announced that former Microsoft CSO Mike Howard and former U.S. Secret Service director Mark Sullivan have joined its advisory board.
Both bring a wealth of experience in their respective fields of corporate security and executive protection. Their addition to RaySecur’s advisory board further highlights...