Tag: Secret Service

US Secret Service officers stand in the cordoned off area on Pennsylvania Avenue after a security incident near the fence of the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Before criticizing the Secret Service for recent missteps, consider the challenges they face

Tom Rogan · March 20, 2017 2:54 pm

Rep. Jason Chaffetz said that the Secret Service has a lot of self-examination to do after another fence jumper got onto the White House grounds over the weekend. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

National Security

Jason Chaffetz: ‘Big changes’ needed at Secret Service

Kyle Feldscher · March 20, 2017 12:58 pm

A Secret Service special agent cleans the windshield of the presidential limousine at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Secret Service denies Mar-a-Lago guest’s claim he sneaked past them

Caitlin Yilek · March 19, 2017 9:10 pm

Some Secret Service agents are concerned Kerry O'Grady will simply be transferred to another government job. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Secret Service removes agent who didn’t want to take ‘a bullet’ for Trump

Susan Crabtree · March 19, 2017 6:29 pm

National Security

Car bomb threat late Saturday night puts White House on alert

Gabby Morrongiello · March 19, 2017 12:53 pm

Guns were drawn by Secret Service members at the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Intruder attempts to jump White House fence

Eddie Scarry · March 18, 2017 5:10 pm

Chaffetz said the breach was a "complete and utter total failure" to protect the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Chaffetz: Intruder able to ‘rattle’ White House door handle

Eddie Scarry · March 18, 2017 1:22 pm

Secret Service employees ‘extremely disappointed and angry’ over handling of White House fence jumper

Daniel Chaitin · March 17, 2017 10:48 pm

Fence jumper made it all the way to White House back door

Susan Crabtree · March 17, 2017 5:36 pm

The laptop was stolen from the car of a Secret Service agent in Brooklyn Thursday morning. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Laptop containing Trump Tower floor plans stolen from Secret Service vehicle

Kyle Feldscher · March 17, 2017 5:15 pm

Two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Trump's grandson are under investigation for taking selfies with the 8-year-old boy while he was sleeping. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

2 Secret Service agents under investigation for taking selfies with Trump’s sleeping grandson

Kyle Feldscher · March 16, 2017 2:05 pm

In a statement to CNN, the Secret Service confirmed the report, saying the suspect scaled the south grounds fence line. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump commends Secret Service after intruder breaches White House grounds

Susan Crabtree, Daniel Chaitin · March 11, 2017 3:59 pm