A series of embarrassing security lapses involving two men charged with impersonating federal agents have put the Secret Service on the defensive and angered at least one top national security official in DC, sources tell CNN.
In a federal investigation that surfaced earlier this month after a dramatic daytime raid on a luxe Washington apartment, the FBI alleges that the two men duped a number of Secret Service agents, including one assigned to the first lady's detail, as part of a long-running scheme. But those allegations have also drawn the ire of the top official at the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service.
Men charged in Homeland Security impersonation plot to be released from jail pending trialThe government made"no showing that national security information was in fact compromised," or that"other sensitive information was in fact compromised, or that that was the intent of the defendants in giving the gifts to the federal agents in the first place," Harvey said.
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