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Secret Service police stand guard outside the White House after a man was caught jumping the fence as President Barack Obama and his family ate Thanksgiving dinner, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Secret Service didn’t review response to 2011 White House shooting, spent $17M on upgrades: report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Secret Service police stand guard outside the White House after a man was caught jumping the fence as President Barack Obama and his family ate Thanksgiving dinner, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Secret Service agent’s gun, badge stolen from car near White House

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

People gather outside the White House after the Secret Service arrested a man who was caught jumping the fence as President Obama and his family ate Thanksgiving dinner, on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

White House undergoes holiday lockdown after man jumps fence

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The Invincible Obama Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

RONALD KESSLER: Behind Obama’s lack of leadership

By Ronald Kessler

The Secret Service tightened their guard outside the White House since last week's embarrassing breach in the security of one of the most closely protected buildings in the world. A man is accused of scaling the White House perimeter fence, running across the lawn and entering the presidential mansion before agents stopped him. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Lee Robert Moore, Secret Service member, arrested on child-sex charges

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson surprised everyone by coming from nowhere to rising high enough in the polls to go toe to toe with Donald Trump. He also has become the top target of verbal attacks. (Associated Press)

CHARLES HURT: Ben Carson, quiet candidate, suddenly seen as a GOP threat

By Charles Hurt

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Former Secret Service agent pens thriller novel, donates all profits to Navy Seals Foundation

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy speaks in Washington in this file photo on Oct. 5, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Overworked Secret Service agents falling asleep on the job: report

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 27, 1985 file photo, then-President Ronald Reagan bids farewell to Jerry Parr, the Secret Service agent that he credited with saving his life during an assassination attempt on March 30, 1981. Parr retired after 22 years with the elite unit of bodyguards. Parr of Washington, D.C., died Friday at the age of 85. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)

Jerry Parr, Secret Service agent who saved Ronald Reagan after shooting, dies

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Illustration on the deteriorating Secret Service by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

RONALD KESSLER: The Secret Service’s rotten culture

By Ronald Kessler

FILE - In this April 29, 2015, file photo, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, center, accompanied by the committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., left, greets Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the start of the committee's hearing on how a small gyrocopter entered restricted airspace and landed on the West Lawn of the Capitol. A new government report concludes that scores of Secret Service employees improperly accessed the decade-old job application of Chaffetz, who was investigating scandals inside the agency. A deputy director was caught suggesting officials leak embarrassing information to retaliate against Chaffetz. The report said the actions could represent criminal violations under the U.S. Privacy Act. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Apologies, pledges abound again in new Secret Service scandal

By Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press

"It was a tactic designed to intimidate and embarrass me and, frankly, it is intimidating," said House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, of action by Secret Service agents to access and distribute his personal information. (Associated Press)

Jason Chaffetz’s file leaked by Secret Service agents amid probe

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A Secret Service agent straightens the Papal flag on a motorcade vehicle prior to Pope Francis departure from the Apostolic Nunciature, the Vatican's diplomatic mission in Washington, en route to the Capitol to address a joint meeting of Congress, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Obama praises Secret Service for protecting Pope Francis

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Aug. 6, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Ex-prisoners still unwelcome at Obama’s White House despite second-chance rhetoric

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A member of the Secret Service Uniformed Division with a K-9 walks along the perimeter fence along Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House in Washington, Sept. 22, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Omar Gonzalez, White House fence jumper, sentenced to 17 months in prison

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Earnest discussed the training of Iraqi security forces, and President Barack Obama's interactions with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the G-7 Summit and the other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House briefing room evacuated for bomb threat

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

This frame grab image from a Metropolitan Police Department surveillance video, provided by the House Oversight Committee shows Secret Service agents in their government vehicle driving through the secured area and nudging a temporary barrier at low speed as it drove toward a checkpoint. The incident occurred as on-duty officers and agents investigated a suspicious item thrown near the White House on March 4. (AP Photo/House Oversight Committee)

Secret Service agents who disrupted bomb investigation ‘likely’ drunk: watchdog

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Department Inspector General John Roth. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Secret Service agents were ‘likely’ alcohol-impaired, report says

By Alicia A. Caldwell - Associated Press

Former President George H.W. Bush, seated, arrives at the River Oaks Country Club just before the quarterfinal match between Jeremy Chardy of France and Kevin Anderson from South Africa was suspended by rain at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship Friday, April 10, 2015, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Secret Service left Bush 41 vulnerable; house alarm broken for 13 months

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times