article_snippet: On Tuesday at a House hearing on his appropriations request Clancy admitted that his did not know about the alleged drunk driving or crash, which interrupted a suspicious package investigation, until five days after it happened. '
article_snippet: The lapse in notification means that all evidence of a crime could have been destroyed before the time Clancy says his was informed of his agents' misconduct. '
article_snippet: the White House's chief spokesman, said the White House's chief spokesman would withhold judgement until Clancy had a chance to explain the White House's chief spokesman to Congress that afternoon.
article_snippet: Clancy indicated on Thursday that Clancy was unsure whether The two agents involved in the March 4 episode were drunk at the time of the accident. '
article_snippet: This is not because I am being lenient,' Clancy said. '
article_snippet: At the House hearing on Tuesday Clancy conceded that some the Secret Service agents turn to alcohol to help some Secret Service agents deal with the stress of some Secret Service agents jobs. '
article_snippet: We’ve got to find a way to help some of these people that are going towards alcohol as a coping mechanism,' Clancy said.
highlights_snippet: 'Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate - there was a crash,' Secret Service Director Joe Clancy told a Senate committee Thursday .
  