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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:23 PM May 2016

Secret Service punishes 41 over leak of lawmaker's data

Source: Reuters

Forty-one U.S. Secret Service employees have been disciplined over a media leak of the personal files of a congressman who had criticized the agency's security lapses, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.

Punishments ranged from a letter of reprimand to suspensions without pay for up to 45 days, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said in a statement.

One person found to have disclosed information on Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz to the Washington Post has resigned from the service, Johnson said, noting that privacy laws prevented disclosure of more details.

The latest embarrassment for the Secret Service came as it seeks to recover from a leadership crisis and mend a culture of covering up mistakes that some trace back 12 years to when it was pulled out of the Treasury Department and absorbed into the sprawling new Department of Homeland Security.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-secretservice-leak-idUSKCN0YH2Q2



World | Thu May 26, 2016 7:52pm EDT
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Secret Service punishes 41 over leak of lawmaker's data (Original Post) Eugene May 2016 OP
the "Secret" Service has some issues.....n/t Mohammed_Lee May 2016 #1
Is Poppy leaking data? milestogo May 2016 #2
+1 for the deep reference Gungnir May 2016 #3
Poppy Bush used the Secret Service as his personal thugs PeoViejo May 2016 #4
Did they reveal that Darb May 2016 #5
My information is First-Hand. PeoViejo May 2016 #6
 

PeoViejo

(2,178 posts)
4. Poppy Bush used the Secret Service as his personal thugs
Fri May 27, 2016, 06:59 AM
May 2016

to harass and even try to induce others into killing protesters.

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