[AGreatPer]

"Total jerks. Now most if not all will lose their jobs because of this, the federal employee benes, and the high security clearance that goes with the job"

I just don't believe that line of thinking. Something is wrong with that scenario and I have no clue what.
I could see 2, maybe 3-4, but not 12 all agreeing to something they knew was wrong.

[red flanker]

Like the rest of America, U.S. secret service agents find out in the age of Obama, you are going to be screwed royally whether you like it or not.

[EDINVA]

It’s probably either loyalty or cowardice. Like the “thin blue line,” where cops stick together no matter what? Or it could be that 3-4 were actually involved, but the entire team got sent back for details to be sorted out. The US just wanted them out of there, period. What follows is internal. At a minimum, I’d expect hose involved, any others who knew what was going on, and the top guy to suffer the consequences.