Testifying today before the House Oversight Committee, Secret Service director Julia Pierson admitted that maybe — just maybe — she bears some responsibility for the agency letting a deranged man break into the White House:
Secret Service chief Julia Pierson: Our security plan "not properly executed," "unacceptable," "I take full responsibility"
— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) September 30, 2014
"I take full responsibility," says Julia Pierson of USSS response to WH intruder incident. "It will never happen again," she pledges.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) September 30, 2014
It’ll never happen again as long as the Secret Service gets more money, she means.
USSS director Pierson: 'It is obvious that mistakes were made.' Her testimony has been at that level all day.
— Byron York (@ByronYork) September 30, 2014
Her leadership’s at that level, too. We’ve heard just about enough of this B.S. from her, haven’t you?
https://twitter.com/Aaron_RS/status/516975494223654912
Secret Service chief: "This is unacceptable and I take full responsibility." Translation: "LOL, you can't fire me."
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 30, 2014
How does the Secret Service allow an intruder in the White House and the director not lose their job? How?
— Stephen Gutowski (@StephenGutowski) September 30, 2014
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If Pierson’s serious about taking responsibility, let’s see her put her money where her mouth is:
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/516971775021043712
Pierson, like any good DC folk, "takes responsibility" for failure. If true, she'd resign. Accountability doesn't count if status unchanged
— Yo (@yo60640) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/coffeygrinds/status/516959716245647360
Julia Pierson, head of Secret Service, 'full responsibility, never happen again.' How 'bout 'full responsibility, I resign'? @SecretService
— John Webster (@webster1114) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/DMSaber/status/516962895255842817
#SecretService director #Pierson should resign as a simple matter of ministerial responsibility-A debacle occurred on her watch, oust her-
— WebsterGTarpley (@WebsterGTarpley) September 30, 2014
#SecretService director #Pierson should resign.
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After watching the first 15 minutes of #SecretService hearings, #Pierson needs to resign. Cold and completely detached from severity of this
— K. C. Chambers (@kcarr78) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/RichMentoCSA/status/516971090300526592
If Julia Pierson had any class, she'd resign immediately.
— Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/BillntwrkBill/status/516981802331029504
This woman sounds absolutely incompetent. Far better have resigned for far less. Julia Pierson: step down.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) September 30, 2014
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