Secret Service dumps four officials after series of security lapses

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

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that Acting Director Joseph Clancy ordered the four assistant directors who oversee the agency's missions of protection, investigations, technology and public affairs to leave their jobs.

'Four assistant directors have been notified that they're being assigned to other positions,' the official said.

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