美國特勤局一再失職領導換人

The U.S. Secret Service has a new acting director, following the abrupt resignation of the agency's director, after two major security lapses that could have put the president in danger.

Julia Pierson resigned on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after a man jumped a fence, eluded security, and entered the White House carrying a knife.

Josh Earnest, White House Press Secretary said: "Over the last several days, we've seen recent and accumulating reports raising questions about the performance of the agency. And the president concluded that new leadership of that agency was required."

The man who breached White House security (Omar Gonzalez) pleaded guilty to related charges in Washington court Wednesday.

The day before, Pierson testified before a congressional committee about the security failure. She said: "It's clear that our security plan was not properly executed. This is unacceptable and I take full responsibility. And I will make sure that is does not happen again."
Pierson's promise to fix the service's shortcomings was not enough to save her job, after it was also revealed President Obama unknowingly shared an elevator in Atlanta last month with armed guard not authorized to be around him

The Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson has named retired special agent, Joseph Clancy, as acting Secret Service Director, in charge of presidential protection.負責保護總統安全的美國特勤局局長朱莉婭·皮爾森星期三突然辭職，約瑟夫.克蘭西出任特勤局代理局長。

皮爾森辭職是因爲特勤局接連失職，造成總統安全保護的重大疏漏。近兩個星期前， 一名男子攀越白宮圍欄，躲過保安，持刀闖入白宮。

白宮發言人歐內斯特星期三說: “最近和之前的一些報道對特情局的表現提出質疑。總統認爲有必要更換特勤局負責人。”

闖入白宮的男子岡薩雷斯星期三在華盛頓的一家法院出庭對所受指控表示認罪。

前特勤局局長皮爾森星期三就特勤局失職問題接受國會質詢。她說，“顯然我們的安全計劃沒有適當實施， 這是不能接受的， 我對此承擔全部責任。 我一定會確保此類事件不再發生。”

雖然皮爾森保證要整頓特情局，但這不足以挽救她的工作。聽證會後又有報道說， 奧巴馬總統九月到亞特蘭大視察時，一名未獲準接近總統的私人安保公司的持槍警衛居然跟總統同乘一個電梯。

美國國土安全部部長星期三任命現已退休，曾負責保護總統安全的特工約瑟夫.克蘭西爲特勤局代理局長。