Secret Service deputy director steps down

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Secret Service deputy director steps down

WASHINGTON Mon Feb 9, 2015 5:04pm EST

(Reuters) - The deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service is leaving his post, the agency said on Monday, in the latest top level departure this year after a series of high profile security lapses.

A.T. Smith has accepted another position within the Department of Homeland Security effective Tuesday, the Secret Service said in a statement.

Smith has served as deputy director since April 2012 and was responsible for daily operations, including 6,500 employees, at the agency charged with protecting the president, it said.

“Deputy Director Smith has had an exceptional law enforcement career spanning nearly 29 years within the United States Secret Service. His contributions to the agency have been invaluable,” said Secret Service Acting Director Joseph P. Clancy.

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[dixiegrrrrl]

1. Apparently not a punishment for anything then, I take it?

A lateral move..let him be someone else's problem.?

[Sienna86]

2. So he gets a lateral move or better position?

I wish the government would do better with these employees who should not be rewarded.

[Nay]

3. Sounds like it -- a much better deal than the whistleblowers get when they

try to save hundreds of lives or fix security breaches.