A Secret Service agent allegedly leaked Vice President JD Vance’s security details in undercover video, prompting federal investigation and agency-wide retraining order.
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AU.S.SecretService(USSS)employeeassignedtoVicePresidentJDVance’sprotectivedetailhasbeenplacedonadministrativeleaveafteranundercovervideoreleasedbyindependentjournalistJamesO’Keefeallegedlyshowedtheagentleakingsensitivesecurityinformation,theagencyconfirmedtoFoxNews.
TheUSSSisinvestigatingandsaidtheemployee’ssecurityclearancehasbeensuspendedandaccesstoagencyfacilitiesandsystemsrevokedastheincidentisinvestigated,openingthedoortobroaderconcernsaboutoperationalsecurityandanagency-wideretrainingorder.
USSSDeputyDirectorMatthewQuinntoldFoxNewsinastatement:“TheU.S.SecretServicehasnotoleranceforanybehaviorthatcouldpotentiallycompromisethesafety,privacyortrustofourprotectees.Thisincidentisunderinvestigationandtheemployeeinvolvedhasbeenplacedonadministrativeleavewithhisclearancesuspendedandaccesstoagencyfacilitiesandsystemsre
