Misguided priorities of US agencies. Recall that the Secret Service along with Capitol police and DC police shot dead a CT mother who was driving erratically near the White House with her baby in the back seat. A dangerous misuse of firepower.
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[From article]
A recently retired Secret Service agent told MailOnline on Thursday that former director Julia Pierson's resignation will be welcomed by the agency's rank-and-file because 'people in the service thought she was a joke from Day One.'
He attributed her swift fall from grace to a cadre of 'p***ed off agents who had had enough' of feeling disrespected by the service's first female director.
'Putting her in charge was part of the [Obama] administration's push to feminize the service after the "hookergate" nightmare,' the agent said, referring to agents who were fired after patronizing prostitutes during a security-check trip to Colombia before President Obama's 2012 visit.
Pierson resigned Wednesday following an angry, tense congressional hearing the day before, which focused on a trio of headaches that erupted in a matter of days.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2778350/Ousted-Secret-Service-chief-sandbagged-p-ed-agents-leader-said-agency-like-Disney-World.html
EXCLUSIVE: Ousted Secret Service chief was 'sandbagged' by 'p***ed off agents who had had enough' of her and thought she 'was a joke from Day One'
A former Secret Service agent told MailOnline that rank-and-file thought Julia Pierson 'was a joke from Day One'
Pierson enraged the rank-and-file when she reduced security measures during the US-Africa Leaders Summit so traffic wouldn't be affected
Secret Service supervisor said 'she doesn't know anything about security planning in a post-9/11 world'
Another said she discussed making the elite corps that guards the president and his family 'more like Disney World' and 'more friendly'
She shrunk the White House's countersurveillance force and reduced numbers of uniformed agents who guard the mansion's perimeter
'Cutting down the size of the White House perimeter detail was a morale-killer and I think it came back to bite her,' he said
By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 14:03 EST, 2 October 2014 | UPDATED: 16:21 EST, 2 October 2014
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[From article]
The Secret Service regularly overlooked examples of agents lying in order to avoid undermining their credibility in court, sources say.
The practice allowed agents to continue testifying in court against assailants or potential threats to the president, according to two sources familiar with the practice.
At times over the last several years, when an officer’s or agent’s behavior was under review for a potential suspension, top managers would determine that the officer lied about some aspect of the case.
But rather than charge them with providing inaccurate information, managers would find some alternative agreement to reduce their punishment, sources said.
[. . .]
A Supreme Court ruling in Giglio v. United States held that a reliability of a witness in a court case is so important that failing to disclose to a defense counsel any record of lying or criminal arrests, charges or convictions, along with any other issues affecting credibility justifies a new trial.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/secret-service-overlooked-agents-deceit/article/2554259
Secret Service overlooked agents' deceit
BY SUSAN CRABTREE
A recently retired Secret Service agent told MailOnline on Thursday that former director Julia Pierson's resignation will be welcomed by the agency's rank-and-file because 'people in the service thought she was a joke from Day One.'
He attributed her swift fall from grace to a cadre of 'p***ed off agents who had had enough' of feeling disrespected by the service's first female director.
'Putting her in charge was part of the [Obama] administration's push to feminize the service after the "hookergate" nightmare,' the agent said, referring to agents who were fired after patronizing prostitutes during a security-check trip to Colombia before President Obama's 2012 visit.
Pierson resigned Wednesday following an angry, tense congressional hearing the day before, which focused on a trio of headaches that erupted in a matter of days.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2778350/Ousted-Secret-Service-chief-sandbagged-p-ed-agents-leader-said-agency-like-Disney-World.html
EXCLUSIVE: Ousted Secret Service chief was 'sandbagged' by 'p***ed off agents who had had enough' of her and thought she 'was a joke from Day One'
A former Secret Service agent told MailOnline that rank-and-file thought Julia Pierson 'was a joke from Day One'
Pierson enraged the rank-and-file when she reduced security measures during the US-Africa Leaders Summit so traffic wouldn't be affected
Secret Service supervisor said 'she doesn't know anything about security planning in a post-9/11 world'
Another said she discussed making the elite corps that guards the president and his family 'more like Disney World' and 'more friendly'
She shrunk the White House's countersurveillance force and reduced numbers of uniformed agents who guard the mansion's perimeter
'Cutting down the size of the White House perimeter detail was a morale-killer and I think it came back to bite her,' he said
By DAVID MARTOSKO, US POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 14:03 EST, 2 October 2014 | UPDATED: 16:21 EST, 2 October 2014
* * *
[From article]
The Secret Service regularly overlooked examples of agents lying in order to avoid undermining their credibility in court, sources say.
The practice allowed agents to continue testifying in court against assailants or potential threats to the president, according to two sources familiar with the practice.
At times over the last several years, when an officer’s or agent’s behavior was under review for a potential suspension, top managers would determine that the officer lied about some aspect of the case.
But rather than charge them with providing inaccurate information, managers would find some alternative agreement to reduce their punishment, sources said.
[. . .]
A Supreme Court ruling in Giglio v. United States held that a reliability of a witness in a court case is so important that failing to disclose to a defense counsel any record of lying or criminal arrests, charges or convictions, along with any other issues affecting credibility justifies a new trial.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/secret-service-overlooked-agents-deceit/article/2554259
Secret Service overlooked agents' deceit
BY SUSAN CRABTREE
OCTOBER 2, 2014 | 5:00 AM
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