Joseph Clancy with President Obama and the First Lady Michelle Obama
By Kenneth Lipp
In the wake of revelations published in the Washington Post about failures of the Secret Service detail responsible for protecting the White House, the Service’s Director Julia Pierson resigned yesterday. The Billy Penn Newsletter gives a brief background on her replacement, Joe Clancy, a “Philly Guy:”
Joseph Clancy, a Villanova grad and Havertown native who retired from the Service in 2011 but clearly made a strong impression. Clancy, who’d been doing private security keeping protesters at arm’s length from Comcast, had been special agent in charge of the presidential protective division.
The Philly Declaration 
