Secret Service suspends agent on JD Vance detail over leak probe
What's new: investigators are examining whether disclosures about Vance's travel requests compromised operational security.
A Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President JD Vance's protective detail has been suspended and is under administrative investigation, with a potential criminal inquiry tied to alleged leaks of sensitive information. The agency said the case involves possible compromises of operational and information security but did not specify what was disclosed. The scrutiny follows reports that members of Vance's detail were frustrated by last-minute travel requests, including a proposed helicopter trip for one of his sons to a golf lesson near Washington. The Secret Service said any conduct that could endanger a protectee will not be tolerated. The case comes as the agency reports a sharp rise in threats against officials it protects this year.