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Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy (Photo: Justin Lane, EPA)

WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy announced his retirement Tuesday, two years after President Barack Obama appointed him to right the then-troubled agency. My hope was that I could return your gifts of inspiration with some measure of good for the Secret Service.”

Clancy took over as acting director of the agency in October 2014 and later was sworn in as permanent director in February 2015. In a note to staffers, Clancy said that although President Trump and his administration have been supportive of him, it was time to leave the agency again for 'personal reasons.' I look forward to spending time with my family.”

Clancy, a career agent who headed the organization’s Presidential Protection Division, was called out of retirement more than two years ago after the service was rocked by a series of high-profile incidents of misconduct and security breaches, including a fence-jumper armed with a knife who made it into the presidential residence before being tackled by agents. Clancy, who will leave the Secret Service on March 4, was recruited to lead the agency after then-Director Julia Pierson, the first woman to occupy the top job, was forced out after security breaches were made public in newspaper reports.
Joseph Clancy, Director of the United States Secret Service, announces his retirement effective March 4.