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Wednesday, October 01, 2014 5:18:51 PM
Secret Service chief Julia Pierson resigns
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, who testified before a House subcommittee Tuesday, is resigning.
(J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)
By Matt Hansen
October 1 2014
The director of the Secret Service has resigned, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday afternoon.
The announcement comes a day after Julia Pierson was rebuked by congressional lawmakers over incidents that included the agency’s failure to stop an intruder from getting into the White House last month.
Retired Secret Service agent Joseph Clancy was named to replace Pierson, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement.
This week, revelations about the Secret Service's response to the Sept. 19 White House intrusion undermined the agency's first account of the event.
The agency initially said Omar Gonzalez was stopped just inside the unlocked entrance of what is supposedly one of the most secure buildings in the world. In fact, Gonzalez knocked back an agent trying to lock the door and the two wrestled through a hallway and into the East Room before another agent tackled Gonzalez and he was finally handcuffed, Pierson told the House oversight committee at a hearing Tuesday.
Pierson said at the hearing that she bore the blame for the security lapse and promised a full investigation, citing a failure to follow protocol.
During the hearing, an unusually bipartisan array of lawmakers harped on a wayward Secret Service culture that threatens its core mission of protecting the president and his family.
They pointed to a 2012 prostitution scandal involving agents in Colombia and other allegations of misbehavior, and they hammered Pierson over operational details, such as whether agents are permitted to use personal smartphones while on duty, implying that agents were distracted and undisciplined.
This week also saw the revelation that the Secret Service fumbled its response to a gunman firing on the White House in 2011, while President Obama's younger daughter and his mother-in-law were inside.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-julia-pierson-resigns-story.html
Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, who testified before a House subcommittee Tuesday, is resigning.
(J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press)
By Matt Hansen
October 1 2014
The director of the Secret Service has resigned, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday afternoon.
The announcement comes a day after Julia Pierson was rebuked by congressional lawmakers over incidents that included the agency’s failure to stop an intruder from getting into the White House last month.
Retired Secret Service agent Joseph Clancy was named to replace Pierson, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement.
This week, revelations about the Secret Service's response to the Sept. 19 White House intrusion undermined the agency's first account of the event.
The agency initially said Omar Gonzalez was stopped just inside the unlocked entrance of what is supposedly one of the most secure buildings in the world. In fact, Gonzalez knocked back an agent trying to lock the door and the two wrestled through a hallway and into the East Room before another agent tackled Gonzalez and he was finally handcuffed, Pierson told the House oversight committee at a hearing Tuesday.
Pierson said at the hearing that she bore the blame for the security lapse and promised a full investigation, citing a failure to follow protocol.
During the hearing, an unusually bipartisan array of lawmakers harped on a wayward Secret Service culture that threatens its core mission of protecting the president and his family.
They pointed to a 2012 prostitution scandal involving agents in Colombia and other allegations of misbehavior, and they hammered Pierson over operational details, such as whether agents are permitted to use personal smartphones while on duty, implying that agents were distracted and undisciplined.
This week also saw the revelation that the Secret Service fumbled its response to a gunman firing on the White House in 2011, while President Obama's younger daughter and his mother-in-law were inside.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-julia-pierson-resigns-story.html
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