MARCH 13, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC (AFP)
The secret is out.
Two Secret Service agents being probed for allegedly
crashing a car into White House security barriers after a boozy night out drove
right through a bomb investigation scene there, The Washington Post reported
Friday.
As part of the latest embarrassment to the service, the
officers drove right past the suspicious package, which turned out to be a
book, the Post said, quoting current and former government officials.
If the driving under the influence allegation is confirmed,
it would be the latest in a series of blunders to taint the agency, which
provides US President Barack Obama's security team, following high-profile
security breaches and a prostitution scandal.
According to the paper, two agents -- one of them a member
of Obama's elite close protection detail -- crashed into the barriers on the
evening of March 4.
The pair had allegedly been at a drinking party and agents
at the scene had wanted to conduct a breath test to find out if they were
inebriated, but were overruled by a commander who ordered the suspects home.
Last month, Obama appointed Joseph Clancy as the new head of
the Secret Service after a critical report into an incident in which a mentally
disturbed veteran scaled the fence and burst into the White House with a knife.
The previous head of the agency, Julia Pierson, resigned
after the incident.
She had initially been appointed to clean up the service
after a dozen agents were found to have hired prostitutes during a 2012
presidential trip to Colombia.
In the March 4 incident the Post says a woman approached an
agent at an entrance to the White House with an object wrapped in a shirt and
said it was a bomb.
Agents tried to stop her, but she was able to drive away.
Police cordoned off the area.
The agents who had allegedly been drinking showed up about
half an hour later and drove through police tape and right next to the
suspicious package, said the Post, which has had a series of exclusives on
troubles within the agency.
The woman has been located and will face charges of assault
with a dangerous weapon, the Post said.
I guess we are in good hands, considering that the rest of
the government did not burry their secret.
Fire them on the spot, please.
Source: www.washigtonpost.com