IT’S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE GOTTEN MUCH WORSE: Roll Call: Lawmakers Hit Secret Service on ‘Disturbing’ Culture.

On Sept. 30, the agency’s inspector general released a report confirming that Secret Service employees accessed and circulated House Oversight and Government Affairs Chairman Jason Chaffetz’s 2003 application for a job at the agency, after Chaffetz’s probe of mishaps at the Secret Service. The incident prompted Homeland Security subcommittees of jurisdiction from the House and Senate to hold a joint hearing.

“The American people deserve answers,” said Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency. “As disturbing as this incident is, it is only one example of other instances where Secret Service employees showed very poor judgment and leadership failed to act.”

Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy reiterated his apology for the incident Tuesday, and said it was unacceptable.

3-to-12-day suspensions aren’t enough. People should be losing their jobs for this.