Joseph Clancy, director of the Secret Service, has experienced a serendipitous recovery of his memory regarding when he first learned of the plot by several dozen agents and employees to smear Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who was heading up the investigation of the agency as chairman of the House Oversight Committee. Clancy first used the familiar administration gambit of claiming no prior knowledge of the scandal and hearing about it only when he read it in the Washington Post. But a remarkable feat of recovered memory occurred, as Clancy now admits he knew of the "rumor" to leak Chaffetz's personal informnation before the story of the congressman's unsuccessful application to the Secret Service became public. Washington Examiner: Clancy says he now recalls knowing about the Chaffetz leak prior to being told last March of the imminent publishing of a Washington Postarticle breaking the story. Originally, he said that story is how he first learned about...(Read Full Post)