Secret Service Director to Resign

[spanone]

WASHINGTON — Julia Pierson, the director of the Secret Service, is resigning in the wake of several security breaches, according to administration officials.

The resignation came less than a day after lawmakers from both parties assailed Ms. Pierson’s leadership and said they feared for the lives of the president and others in the protection of the agency.

A 30-year veteran of the Secret Service, Ms. Pierson was supposed to have been the one to repair the agency’s reputation after scandals that raised questions about a culture that gave rise to incidents involving drinking and prostitution during overseas trips.

But her tenure has been rocked by more serious allegations that her agents and officers have not been performing their primary job competently. Under intense questioning on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Ms. Pierson admitted that those charged with securing the White House had failed to follow numerous security protocols, allowing a man armed with a knife to penetrate deep inside the mansion.

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[malaise]

1. Bye Bye

Good riddance

[spanone]

3. i'm with you. this needs immediate fixing.

which is next to impossible in our dysfunctional government

[malthaussen]

2. If the agents "failed to follow protocols," then they should be looking for new jobs.

One would think that a minimal expectation would be that they would do their damned jobs.

-- Mal

[snooper2]

4. I guess that won't look too good on her resume

stiff drinks on order tonight-

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. She's doing the right thing.....

After fucking up big time.

At least she didn't wait to get fired.

[hugo_from_TN]

9. She was told to resign = she was fired

[Boomerproud]

13. Krauthammer on Faux last evening said

Heads should roll but no one in this Administration is ever accountable for anything...just look at Benghazi, The VA, Obamacare etc.

You just KNEW he was going to say BENGHAZI (whether this has to do with the SS-which it doesn't). Also, Van Sustern said that Obama was throwing the intelligence community "under the bus" for his statement that the ISSI had been underestimated. It just keeps going and going.

[progressoid]

6. Not unexpected.

[whistler162]

7. I see the Republicans drove her out

real quick!

[spanone]

8. i think it was a bipartisan ass kicking....as it should be

[MohRokTah]

10. Both Republicans and Democrats want a Secret Service capable of protecting the president.

Some day there will be a Republican president and Republicans don't want that president inheriting a cluster fucked Secret Service.

[Enthusiast]

12. You give Republicans too much credit.

They wouldn't give a fuck if President Obama was on the floor in a pool of blood today, tonight or as soon as possible.

[Nye Bevan]

14. If they did, then good for them.

They finally did something right.

I'm not sure they deserve all the credit, however.

[irisblue]

11. Her 'job review' yesterday did not go well.

it seems uncommon for upper management to be fired for poor performance.