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Secret Service chief: Relax, agents protecting the president don't usually get drunk and pass out

By Dan Calabrese ——--April 2, 2014

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Secret Service director Julia Pierson has her job in large part because the agency's culture was out of control under her predecessor, and as recently as two weeks ago three agents were sent home from Europe for drinking on the trip - and one was found passed out in a hallway.
But don't worry! These are isolated incidents and in no way indicative of the agency's culture. No. Not at all. Which leads one to wonder about the passage in bold from the following excerpt:
"I remain committed to swiftly and vigorously addressing any instances of misconduct that are brought to my attention and have instructed my senior staff to do the same," she said in a written statement to the lawmakers. "In addition to instituting and clearly communicating a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to misconduct, I recognize the need to put equal weight on continuously improving our human capital policies and practices." Speaking to reporters after the meeting, she added: "This is isolated incidents of misconduct and we are working to correct that every day."
Pierson was appointed director last year after then-Director Mark Sullivan retired almost a year after a South American prostitution scandal made world-wide headlines. Thirteen agents and officers were accused of partying with female foreign citizens at a hotel in the seaside resort of Cartagena, Colombia, where they were staying before President Barack Obama's arrival for a Latin American summit.
So it's just isolated and not a serious issue, but they're working on it every day? If something is not really a problem within your culture, you don't have to spend every day working to correct it You just deal with the isolated incidents as they occur. When Sullivan was pushed out and Pierson was elevated, it was clear that the incident in Colombia had everything to do with the change. You'd have thought Pierson would make it clear once she took over that any incident of drinking and/or partying would be met with no tolerance whatsoever, and that she would take steps to make sure no one had any illusions about that. It sure doesn't appear she did that, so I guess that's why she's now working every day to solve a problem that isn't really a problem.

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