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Trust and Circumstances

Interesting timing on the retirement of the Secret Service chief.

I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist, but I’ve found the resignation detailed below for the head of the Secret Service last week to be amazingly close to the announcement just this week of actions being taken by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) alleging that the Secret Service had deleted (some might say destroyed) all text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021.

Here is the story: “Secret Service erased texts from two-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says.”

Is all of this pure coincidence? Hmm!

Trust is something you don’t want to waste. Once it is gone, it is hard to get it back.


U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of Public Affairs [July 7, 2022]

Statement by Secretary Mayorkas on the Retirement of United States Secret Service Director, James M. Murray

WASHINGTON – Today, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement following the retirement announcement for James M. Murray, Director of the United States Secret Service:

“James Murray has been an exceptional Director of the United States Secret Service. He has led with unflinching integrity, tireless dedication to mission, and unwavering devotion to the well-being of his superb workforce. Under Director Murray’s leadership, the Secret Service has reinforced its stature as the preeminent protective agency in the world and has increased in sophistication and scope its investigative capabilities to meet an increasingly dynamic threat landscape.

“I have benefited tremendously from the opportunity to rely on Director Murray as a trusted advisor and highly regarded leader in the Department of Homeland Security. I am grateful for his counsel, judgment, and steady hand through a myriad of challenges we have faced.

“Director Murray’s leadership of the Secret Service is the capstone of a remarkable career of more than thirty years of service to our country – with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the United States Army Reserves, and for 27 years with the United States Secret Service.

“I congratulate and thank Director Murray for his distinguished service to our nation, and I wish him the very best in this next stage of his remarkable career.”
Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.