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There is no cost and no subscription requirement. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 12, 2014 9:15 PM UTC  Acting Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy prepares to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 19, 2014 Acting Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy prepares to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 19, 2014 Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Dec 12, 2014 9:15 PM UTC The new leader of the Secret Service says the agency wants to earn back Americans’ trust. In his first television interview since becoming acting director, Joseph Clancy told “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams that scandals and security lapses, including [a breach of the White House](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-house-fence-jumper-omar-gonzalez-held-without-bail-n208626) by a knife-wielding intruder, have shaken confidence in the agency. “We know we’ve lost that trust,” he said. “But we’ve got a good model. We’ve got a good foundation. Give us some time to earn that trust back and prove ourselves.” Director Julia Pierson resigned under pressure Oct. 1… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-secret-service-chief-joseph-clancy-let-us-prove-ourselves-n267341?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3632298/secret-service-joseph-clancy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3632298/secret-service-joseph-clancy/"},"headline":"New Secret Service Chief Asks for Time to Rebuild Trust","datePublished":"2014-12-12T21:15:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:49:45.818Z","description":"\"We know we've lost that trust,\" Joseph Clancy says","url":"https://time.com/3632298/secret-service-joseph-clancy/","keywords":["White House","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b81652d41cde828/69876e7f0b72e30e9b6dc951/joseph-clancy-house-judiciary-committee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b81652d41cde828/69876e7f0b72e30e9b6dc951/joseph-clancy-house-judiciary-committee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Acting Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy prepares to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 19, 2014","caption":"Acting Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy prepares to testify before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Nov. 19, 2014","creditText":"Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3632298/secret-service-joseph-clancy/","name":"New Secret Service Chief Asks for Time to Rebuild Trust"}}]}] ```