article_snippet: Clancy told lawmakers that the agency had contacted the manufacturer of the device the agency uses to monitor the White House as well as forensics experts.
article_snippet: The two agents involved in the March 4 episode were Mark Connolly, then the second-in-command on President Barack Obama's protective detail, and George Ogilvie, a senior-level agent in the Washington field office.
article_snippet: In addition to Congress, an an inspector general is conducting an independent review of the of the affair and whether a uniformed division supervisor ignored recommendations that officers undergo field sobriety tests.
article_snippet: Connolly and Oglivie have since been reassigned to desk jobs until the Department of Homeland Security review is concluded.
article_snippet: Clancy is a veteran of the Secret Service who President Obama pulled out of retirement to take over the DHS agency first on an interim basis and later in perpetuity after the former head of the security arm of the Department of Homeland Security resigned following a set of serious breaches of the president's safety.
article_snippet: The White House said this week that the president was still 'absolutely' certain that Clancy was the right man to lead the agency, which has struggled to avoid scandal and operate efficiently throughout the second term of President Obama's presidency. '
article_snippet: This is very difficult work, and going in and reforming an agency like this will be challenging,' The White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. '
article_snippet: But somebody like Director Clancy, who has the skills and the character to implement these kinds of changes, will be critical to the success of the DHS agency. '
article_snippet: And the president has complete confidence in ClancyClancy’s ability to implement those changes in a way that will allow the DHS agency to live up to the high standard that the DHS agency’ve set for the DHS agency, but also to ensure that the DHS agency’re properly serving the country.'