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• Secret Service supervisor suspended after sex assault accusation: Washington Post

  The U.S. Secret Service has put a senior supervisor on leave and suspended his security clearance after a female employee accused him of assaulting her after-hours at the agency's headquarters last week, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

• Obama chooses Clancy to be Secret Service director

  President Barack Obama has chosen Joseph Clancy as the new head of the U.S. Secret Service, the White House said on Wednesday, after a series of high profile security lapses led to a shake-up in the troubled agency's leadership.

• U.S. Secret Service dumping senior officials after security lapses

  The U.S. Secret Service will remove four senior officials while another has opted to retire, the latest shake-up after a series of security lapses at the agency charged with protecting the president, an agency official said on Wednesday.

• U.S. Secret Service too insular, needs outside leader, more agents: review

  The U.S. Secret Service needs an outsider to overhaul the insular agency, beef up staffing and improve training - after building a higher fence around the White House, an independent review concluded on Thursday.

• Accused White House fence jumper faces more charges

  An Iraq war veteran accused of running inside the White House armed with a knife faces more charges under a federal grand jury indictment returned on Thursday.

• Homeland Security chief appoints Secret Service review panel

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Friday named four people to conduct an independent review of the Secret Service after a series of security breaches including a fence jumper who got into the White House last month.

• White House pans report on Colombia prostitution scandal

  The White House has dismissed a report implicating a White House advance team member in a 2012 Secret Service prostitution scandal in Colombia and denied allegations the team member's involvement had been covered up.

• Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety

  When Secret Service officer Timothy McCarthy took a bullet to protect Ronald Reagan in a 1981 assassination attempt and agent Jerry Parr shoved the president into a limousine, their quick reflexes projected a Hollywood-style image of invincibility around the agency.

• Secret Service director resigns under fire

  U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned under fire on Wednesday after a series of security lapses came to light that exposed gaping holes in the protective cocoon around President Barack Obama.

• U.S. lawmakers rebuke Secret Service over White House breach

  The head of the U.S. Secret Service faced scathing criticism on Tuesday for the agency allowing an intruder with a knife to run into the White House, while details emerged of a separate security lapse involving an armed contractor who rode an elevator with President Barack Obama.

• Secret Service director faces grilling over security breaches

  The head of the U.S. Secret Service is expected to face blistering questions from lawmakers on Tuesday about the latest White House security breach and a string of scandals that have tarnished the image of the agency charged with protecting the president.

• Secret Service Obama Detail: 2 Agents Removed Due To Sexual Harassment Claims & Other Allegations (Video)

  Two U.S. Secret Service agents have been removed from President Barack Obama's security detail amid allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct, The Washington Post reported. They reportedly sent sexually inappropriate emails to a female colleague, while the same agent and another agent 'inadvertently left a bullet in a woman's hotel room, then demanded to be let back in."

• Julia Pierson: President Obama Names New Secret Service Director (Video)

  President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's new director Pierson, who most recently served as the agency's chief of staff, will take over from Mark Sullivan, who announced his retirement last month.