Secret Service Agent Leaked Obama's Travel Plans in 2012: Report
Embarrassment for the Secret Service continues as former aides of Mitt Romney claims that a Secret Service agent in 2012 leaked President Barack Obama's travel plans.
Two campaign aides of Mitt Romney said they saw a Secret Service agent give details of Obama's travel schedule to another Romney aide the agent was romantically pursuing, according to a report from the Washington Examiner.
The information handed over by the Secret Service agent included locations and timing of Obama's campaign events when the president was on the trail in 2012.
While this sort of information is routinely given to White House staff and members of the media, it's understood that it won't be released to the public until approved.
The leak was unlikely to have compromised the security of the president, but it's a revelation that adds to the laundry list of questions being asked of the Secret Service at the moment.
The Secret Service has been lambasted in the media over the past week because of a shocking security breach at the White House and other questionable activity by the president's security service, according to NPR.
The questions began last month when a man scaled the White House fence before he allegedly ran through most of the building's main floor. He was eventually stopped by an off-duty officer. Obama and his family were not on site at the time of the incident.
During a presidential visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Secret Service allegedly allowed Obama in an elevator with an armed contractor who had a criminal record.
The controversy grew to the point that, on Wednesday, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was forced to resign.
"I salute her 30 years of distinguished service to the Secret Service and the nation, said Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson in response to Pierson's resignation.
Joseph Johnson, former special agent in charge of Presidential Protective Division of the Secret Service, has been named the acting director.
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