Secret Service head facing ‘helluva grilling’ as lawmakers press for answers on latest incident

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Fox News:

The head of the Secret Service is expected to face "a helluva grilling" when he appears at a House hearing next Tuesday, where he's sure to face intense questioning about his agency's latest embarrassment, this time involving potentially drunk agents who disrupted a White House bomb investigation.

 

Congressional lawmakers are pressing for answers on the late-night March 4 incident where agents returning from a party drove into the scene of the suspicious package probe -- and allegedly were allowed by a supervisor to go home. Several congressional committees have requested a briefing from various agencies on the incident.

 

Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy also is set to appear at a previously scheduled hearing on March 17 before the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee.

 

"He is in for a helluva grilling," one senior congressional source told Fox News.

 

A House Judiciary Committee aide told FoxNews.com that the allegations, if true, should merit "severe consequences" -- particularly regarding the supervisor who allegedly intervened on the scene.

 

"It's unacceptable for a Secret Service employee, who is tasked with protecting the White House, to cover up actions by other agents that endangered the White House complex and innocent civilians," the aide said.

 

The Washington Post reported that when officers initially wanted to arrest the agents in question and do sobriety tests, a supervisor ordered them to let the agents go home.

 

The judiciary committee has requested a briefing with the Secret Service for next week.

 

Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said in a statement that incidents like this "must stop."

 

He said: "The Secret Service is tasked with protecting the White House, but once again another incident makes the agency look more like it's partying in 'Animal House.'"

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Drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, guys...