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Secret Service director delaying retirement amid multiple investigations
James Murray sent a message to Secret Service staff announcing he would delay his departure. His last day was to be July 31.
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James Murray sent a message to Secret Service staff announcing he would delay his departure. His last day was to be July 31.
The legal review comes as lawmakers are calling on DHS inspector general to step aside.
The DHS deputy inspector general told U.S. Secret Service Director James Murray that the agency should stop investigating the matter because it could impede the inspector general's own probe into the agency's Jan. 6 response.
The DHS watchdog and Jan. 6 committee have requested text messages sent and received by 24 U.S. Secret Service officials on Jan. 5-6, two Secret Service officials confirmed to CBS News.
The texts were erased after the DHS inspector general requested electronic communications records from the Secret Service as part of its examination of Jan. 6 events.
To date, "exploitation of Log4j occurred at lower levels than many experts predicted, given the severity of the vulnerability," a report from the panel determined.
Overall fatalities among law enforcement officers are down by almost a third, compared to 2021.
The incident came as President Biden was set to arrive in Tel Aviv as part of a four-day trip to the Middle East.
Investigators found Haitian migrants were seeking to deliver food and supplies to their families and not threatening U.S border agents.
DHS has no "long-term approach" to countering domestic terrorism, report says.
Murray announced his retirement Thursday, after nearly three decades in the U.S. Secret Service.
The 30-day initiative was deemed "Operation North Star" and focused on cities with a high number of homicides and shootings.
At least 53 people died after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer, officials said, describing the deadliest migrant smuggling case in U.S. history.
The Secret Service wants to respond "regarding the new allegations surfaced in today's testimony," said Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
ICE has not had a Senate-confirmed director for over five years, since the end of the Obama administration.