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In this March 6, 2014, file photo, former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EDITORIAL: Bongino for Congress

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on how the FBI could effectively reform the Secret Service by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KESSLER: The Secret Service and the FBI model

By Ronald Kessler

A group of Secret Service police gather on the North Lawn as a member of the Secret Service Counter Assault team surveys from the White House rooftop Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington, after a man jumped the White House fence earlier in the evening. The Secret Service apprehended the man who jumped over the White House fence. This latest incident comes about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House dogs injured in attack cleared for return to duty

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Secret Service respond on the North Lawn of the White House after a man jumped the White House fence, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, in Washington. The Secret Service apprehended the man who jumped over the White House fence. This latest incident comes about a month after a previous White House fence jumper sprinted across the lawn, past armed uniformed agents and entered the mansion. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Another White House fence jumper in wake of previous Secret Service lapses, Ottawa attack

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Intruder’s success shows patrol ineffectiveness

(Associated Press) ** FILE **

Homeland Security: 4 picked to lead Secret Service review

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 13, 2014, to outline President Barack Obama’s FY2015 budget requests to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

US names 4 to lead Secret Service review

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo, House Oversight Committee member Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, leads the questioning of then-Secret Service Director Julia Pierson as the committee examines details surrounding a security breach at the White House on Capitol Hill in Washington. The committee's ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Mid. is at left. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

White House link to Secret Service prostitution scandal spurs questions on Capitol Hill

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Secret Service agents restrain John W. Hinkley Jr. in the aftermath of his shooting President Reagan outside the Washington Hilton. (Associated Press)

KESSLER: The Secret Service enabled the Reagan shooting

By Ronald Kessler

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Illegals OK in our backyard, but not Obama’s?

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Rep. Elijah Cummings, D- Md., (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

Complacency in Secret Service led to breach: Dem rep

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Rep. Elijah Cummings said Sunday that a majority of black Americans, excluding himself, fear the Secret Service is failing to adequately protect President Obama due to racism. (CBS/Mediaite)

Rep. Elijah Cummings says black Americans fear Secret Service is racist

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Jenna Scheidt of Fairfax, Va., left, and Abby Loss of Eau Claire, Wis., lean against a temporary barrier along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. For sightseers looking for a glimpse of the White House, an iron security fence is now part of their photographs. In the past two weeks, “temporary” barriers have been installed to push the public back from the gate after an intruder jumped the fence and ran inside the executive mansion. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Barrier still at White House 2 weeks after jumper

By BRETT ZONGKER - Associated Press

Illustration by Mark Herron

Liberal Bully of the Week: Former Secret Service chief Julia Pierson

By Rusty Humphries

The Expendables: Written, directed and produced by President Obama

By Staff

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks at the Generation Progress's annual Make Progress National Summit in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. The summit brings together progressive leaders and young people. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi says Secret Service problem may extend beyond Director Julia Pierson, calls for inquiry

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee as it examines details surrounding a security breach at the White House when a man climbed over a fence, sprinted across the north lawn and dash deep into the executive mansion before finally being subdued. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Julia Pierson resigns as Secret Service director

By Stephen Dinan and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., takes questions from reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 25, 2014. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Nancy Pelosi supports call for Secret Service chief to go

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Reps. Elijah Cummings (left), Maryland Democrat, and Jason Chaffetz, Utah Republican, talk Sept. 30 before Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, former Secret Service Director W. Ralph Basham and former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Todd Keil testify in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill about a recent White House perimeter breach. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Two senior lawmakers want Secret Service chief out

By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL - Associated Press

United States Secret Service director Julia Pierson and Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., leave a committee hearing on recent Secret Service agents behavior, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ** FILE **

Members of both parties want more answers from Secret Service after missteps

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times