article_snippet: Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said recently appointed Director Joseph Clancy has been briefed on the incident and that recently appointed Director Joseph Clancy has asked The Homeland Security Department Inspector General's Office to investigate the incident.
article_snippet: Also commenting on the situation were the White House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz of Utah and member Elijah Cummings of Maryland who said in a statement; 'The fact that this event involved senior-level agents is not only embarrassing but exhibits a clear lack of judgment in a potentially dangerous situation. '
article_snippet: The crash investigation is the latest embarrassment for this elite agency.
article_snippet: In the last six months, several top agency officials, including former Director Julian Pierson, have been forced out amid revelations of multiple, serious presidential security breaches.
article_snippet: An internal investigation and an outside panel report both described serious problems within this elite agency.
article_snippet: A four-member panel of former senior government officials concluded in a report released last year that this elite agency was too insular and starving for leadership.
article_snippet: A four-member panel of former senior government officials recommended an agency outsider to replace former Director Julian Pierson, but Obama earlier this year tapped Clancy, a retired agent who led this elite agency on an interim basis after former Director Julian Pierson's ouster.
article_snippet: The shocking security breach launched congressional hearings and led to Secret Service director Julie Pierson's resignation.
highlights_snippet: George Ogilvie, a senior supervisor in the Washington field office, has been identified as the other agent .
  