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blogslug

(38,007 posts)
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 03:56 PM Jul 2022

Secret Service director "delaying" retirement




Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews
CBS News Congressional Correspondent --
Syracuse Univ. alum


ALERT: US Secret Service director James Murray delays retirement. Per my teammate @NicoleSganga

Agency is focus of multiple investigations
2:34 PM · Jul 28, 2022·Twitter for iPhone
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Captain Zero

(6,823 posts)
3. Or to suck on the teat of a govt. Pension
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 04:02 PM
Jul 2022

He needs more time for the pension is my guess. Even though he's totally incompetent.

MerryHolidays

(7,715 posts)
7. The dude was supposed to be joining Snapchat after he left the SS
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 04:11 PM
Jul 2022

ALL, and I mean ALL, of this stinks to the high heavens. I found it odd he was leaving in the first instance particularly given the timing (meaning the issues the SS is facing). There was a claim that this had been in the works for a long time, but the timing is, at best, coincidental.

Snapchat may have "asked" him not to join.

RockRaven

(14,989 posts)
8. Got to keep that cover up going...
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 04:13 PM
Jul 2022

Can't afford to turn the agency over to an honest leader (which would probably have to come from the outside, at this point).

renate

(13,776 posts)
15. well, if you want to cover up a scandal you supervised, I guess staying in place is convenient
Thu Jul 28, 2022, 05:15 PM
Jul 2022

So blatant.

FakeNoose

(32,714 posts)
18. He reports to Homeland Security, am I right?
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 06:15 PM
Jul 2022

The Director of Homeland Security should be the one to decide whether he stays or goes. (Also President Biden)

Just sayin'

onetexan

(13,056 posts)
20. exactly. Why haven't we heard from Alejandro Mayorkas? Crooked Murray is completely rotted so why is
Sun Aug 7, 2022, 09:34 AM
Aug 2022

he allowed to delay his own retirement? He & those loyal to him need to be ousted ASAP. Take away all their systems access so they can't further corrupt/remove info. Alot of cleanup after that as well to ensure the rot is gone. This is so dangerous they've been allowed to stay at their jobs.

Followup: just read here Biden & Mayorkas agreed to him staying - doesn't say for how long. WTF??!!!!
https://abc7news.com/secret-service-director-briefly-postpones-retirement-as-successor-s/12080024/
"Murray wrote in his note that he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and White House leadership and they agreed to extend his July 30 retirement date."

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