Secret Service Acting Director Details Misconduct, Breaches in Letter to House Oversight Committee Chairman
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Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A letter from U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Joseph Clancy to House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa detailed misconduct by Secret Service agents and officers and breaches of the White House perimeter in the last four years.
According to the letter, obtained by ABC News, there have been 47 breaches at the White House since 2010. Those breaches include 10 fence jumpers, 30 breaches of temporary barriers and seven “other” types of breaches.
Additionally, there have been 394 cases of misconduct by 356 Secret Service agents and Uniformed Division officers in that same timeframe.
Between 2010 and 2014, the Secret Service employed between 4,600 and 4,955 special agents and Uniformed Division officers.
The major incidents of misconduct described in the letter have been previously disclosed, including a breach of a State Dinner and the prostitution scandal in Cartagena.
Other infractions in the letter range from minor, such as being discourteous, to more severe, including alcohol consumption, negligent discharge of firearms, leaving posts unattended and negligence in performance of official duties.
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