In the line of fire: Lieberman to grill Secret Service brass

What a difference a few hanging chads makes?

When he was the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, they watched his back.

My, how the tables will be turned for the Secret Service’s brass and Connecticut’s senior Sen. Joe Lieberman.

Lieberman, who is chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, will preside over a Senate hearing Wednesday into the dalliances of Secret Service agents with Colombian prostitutes, a scandal that has cast a pall over the proud ranks of the protectors of the nation’s top office holders and politicians.

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan is scheduled to testify at the 10:30 a.m. hearing the Dirksen Senate Office Building, as well as Secret Service Acting Inspector General Charles Edwards.

The hearing is titled: “Secret Service on the Line: Restoring Trust and Confidence.”


Neil Vigdor