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The Secret Service has suspended an agent on JD Vance’s detail over a suspected leak, days after a story aired agents’ frustration with the vice president’s travel habits.

Getting into it: First reported by CNN, the probe centers on a member of the Vice Presidential Protective Division who was pulled off the detail and placed on administrative leave. The agency says he faces “an administrative investigation, and potential criminal inquiry, involving allegations of compromising operational and information security.”

Sources told CNN he is suspected of leaking to MS NOW for a story published last week, which described agents fed up with Vance’s sudden, last-minute travel demands, including a plan to fly with his son on a Marine Corps helicopter to a golf lesson, a trip later scrapped over severe weather. The report said some agents viewed the requests as an inappropriate use of government resources, a break from how past vice presidents operated.

The Secret Service confirmed the investigation but framed its response around protectee safety. “While we will not comment on the specifics of this matter, one principle is unequivocal: any conduct that potentially threatens the safety of a protectee will not be tolerated,” said Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

Senior officials at the Secret Service, the FBI, and the White House were reportedly furious that operational details ended up in print. The story painted a picture of a detail stretched thin and quietly mocking its protectee, with agents making custom coins and stickers referencing Vance’s code name, “Bobcat,” including ones that read “Bobcat OTR Survivors Club,” a nod to the off-the-record trips they scramble to cover. “The detail is tired of them not giving notice on things and making everything an OTR,” one source said. “He thinks he can still move around like a U.S. Senator.”

The administration pushed back on the framing. An official said Vance’s schedule often shifts because of important meetings that override earlier plans, and noted that, unlike recent vice presidents, he has young children he tries to spend time with, creating workload challenges for his detail.