Secret Service director on White House fence jumper: Never again
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Secret Service director Julia Pierson faced tough questions Tuesday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. She was grilled after a series of mistakes by the agency, including a security breach in which a pocketknife-wielding fence jumper ran deep into the White House. Tweets from the Los Angeles Times followed Tuesday's questioning as it unfolded:
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