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The Hunt: Secret Service preparing for pope’s visit

The Secret Service, still recovering from some embarrassing lapses in security at the White House, is observing it’s 150th birthday. But it’s also preparing for a busy fall with the arrival of Pope Francis and as presidential campaigns ramp up. Director Joseph Clancy discusses his staff and how the agency is preparing for these and other upcoming events.

Exclusive: ISIS ‘genie is out of the bottle,’ says NCTC chief

WASHINGTON — If the momentum of a U.S.-led coalition is any indicator, the black flag of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) may be completely eradicated from Syria and Iraq in a matter of months. But the head of the National Counterterrorism Center warns that the black cloud of ISIS terrorism will not dissipate the day after the caliphate falls.
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