Posted on 10/01/2014 12:23:26 PM PDT by pabianice
Edited on 10/01/2014 1:27:15 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON – Secret Service boss Julia Pierson suddenly resigned Wednesday — a day after getting hammered in Congress over troubling White House security breaches.
“Today Julia Pierson, the Director of the United States Secret Service, offered her resignation, and I accepted it,” said Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson in a statement issued Wednesday afternoon.
Johnson named as acting director of the troubled agency Joseph Clancy, the former Special Agent in Charge of the division that overseas protection of the president and his family.
Pierson came under intense fire over a stunning security breach Sept. 19, when armed Iraq war veteran Omar Gonzalez jumped the White House fence, sprinted across the lawn and made it past the front door and inside the White House while carrying a small knife.
Early Wednesday, powerful lawmakers from both parties called on her to go.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the Government Oversight Committee – and normally an administration defender — told MSNBC Wednesday he does “not feel comfortable with her in that position.”
Excerpt, read the rest at New York Post
Lucy predicted this would happen several years ago. She spoke about the massive exodus of career Secret Service Agents from the Obama White House.Obama wanted thugs, not professionals. Obama wanted personal loyalty, not professionals loyal to the constitution.
Well the thugs have delivered.Now the country wants the old Secret Service back.
I hope Obama stays with his thugs, because they cannot keep him secure.Maybe this will make sure he leaves sooner.
I hear the Clintons wanted personal assistants and were rude to the agents.
I can imagine the silver back wanting assistants too. I’m sure Zer0 expected a caddie.
exactamente!
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