White House Security Chief, Not Secret Service, 'Forced to Resign'

Reports that high level members of the U.S. Secret Service were forced to resign late Thursday night are false, according to both the agency and the reporter who broke the story, who now claims it was the White House Chief of Information Security who was "forced to resign."

"The report regarding the Secret Service personnel is absolutely false," said a spokeswoman for the agency on Friday, according to the Washington Examiner.

Steve Clemons, the Atlantic's and the National Journal's Washington editor at large, tweeted the report at 1:30 a.m. on Friday:

Reports coming in that some Secret Service mgr level personnel forced 2 resign 2nite & escorted out of EEOB. Two out but source says more

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) February 3, 2017

Clemons updated his report late Friday morning in a series of tweets, clarifying that the personnel were not Secret Service staff, but members of White House security who "shared space" with the Secret Service.

I finally have wifi again. On plane. 1st, the people forced to resign were different parts of WH security, shared space with @SecretService

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) February 3, 2017

I have confirmed that the Chief of Information Security at White House forced to resign. Was error in tagging him as Secret Service. 1/2

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) February 3, 2017

Others - not sure how many - attached to White House security/cyber security/info security - resigned last night & escorted out of EEOB

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) February 3, 2017

It is the CISO function, at minimum, in WH that saw forced resignations last night. These folks work w/@SecretService but not of Secret Svc

— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) February 3, 2017

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