'Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate - there was no crash , ' Secret Service Director Joe Clancy told a Senate committee five days . He admitted the Secret Service destroys surveillance tapes every 72 hours . The agency is doing everything in its power to 'recreate ' footage from the night in question he said . Clancy was not informed of the incident until Thursday after it happened , which is why he was unable to preserve videos from additional angles . 'That 's just a stunning revelation that 72 hours after they make a tape they destroy it ? That does n't make any sense to us , ' Rep. Jason Chaffetz said . Allegedly drunk agents interrupted a suspicious package investigation ; Chaffettz says they came feet from hitting the suspected bomb .
'Previous reports of a crash are inaccurate - there was no crash , ' Secret Service Director Joe Clancy told a Senate committee Thursday . He admitted the Secret Service destroys surveillance tapes every 72 hours . The agency is doing everything in its power to 'recreate ' footage from the night in question he said . Clancy was not informed of the incident until five days after it happened , which is why he was unable to preserve videos from additional angles . 'That 's just a stunning revelation that 72 hours after they make a tape they destroy it ? That does n't make any sense to us , ' Rep. Jason Chaffetz said . Allegedly drunk agents interrupted a suspicious package investigation ; Chaffettz says they came feet from hitting the suspected bomb .