It was not only the two drunk Secret Service agents who were acting strangely on March 4. Even the security officer in charge of the area near the White House appears to have questionable behavior, too.

Fox reports that agents Mark Connolly, second-in-command on the detail of U.S. President Barack Obama, and George Ogilvie, senior supervisor in the Washington field office, almost ran over a "suspicious package." The two arrived at a guard shack checkpoint which was evacuated because of its closeness to the "suspicious package" that the police were examining at around 10 p.m.

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Upon realizing the guardhouse was empty, Connolly and Ogilvie backed up a few feet and slightly hit a traffic barrel placed in the roadway.  The package turned out to be a book covered in a shirt.

Washington Post reported that the officers on duty wanted to detain Connolly and Ogilvie and have them undergo sobriety tests, but the supervisor on duty stopped the officers and allowed the two agents to leave.

Fox cited its source that the two smelled of alcohol after attending the retirement party of spokesman Ed Donovan on Wednesday night. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson and Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy were informed of the incident on Thursday, but Clancy was not told of what happened on Wednesday because the security supervisor thought it was not a problem.

The DHS is investigating the incident after the Secret Service referred the matter to the agency.

White House Deputy Press Secretary Eric Schultz said that the president, when informed of the incident, said he still has full confidence in Clancy.

However, it generated stronger response in Capitol Hill. Wisconsin Republican Sen. Ron Johnson said having "a few bad apples" in the Secret Service is not acceptable, while New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer pushed for an overhaul of the Secret Service which many perceive as having questionable leadership and lack the ability to protect the president.

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