threat that would necessitate it. the state department did not deny that these trips took place. a ds special agent in charge insisted that at no point during my service did he or any member of his family ask me or any member of my team to act in a way that would be inconsistent with our professional obligation to protect the secretary. it s not clear whether the tasks were initiated by pompeo or someone on his staff. the whistle-blower said there s a culture to please pompeo and not make him angry. these are not the kinds of people that go around complaining. they do their jobs and they do them proudly and they do them quietly. you have somebody who felt so strongly about this that they decided to go to congress, that has to be taken seriously. reporter: investigators seeking to understand why pompeo s wife has her own security detail. this sun usual according to a former senior ds official who said if security was granted to
the state department did not deny that these trips took place. but a ds special agent in charge insisted that at no point during my service did he or any member of the family ask me or any member of my team to act in a way inconsist went our professional obligation to protect the secretary. it is not clear whether these alleged tasks were initiated by pompeo himself or someone on his staff without his knowledge, but the whistleblower told congressional investigators there is a culture right now at ds to please pompeo and not make him angry. these are not the kind of people that go around complaining. they do their jobs and they do them proudly and they do them quietly and so you have somebody who felt so strongly about this that they decided to go to congress, that has to be taken seriously. reporter: congressional investigators are seeking to understand why pompeo s wife susan has her own security detail. this is unusual, according to a former senior ds official who said that if s
mike pompeo himself or someone on his staff but told congressional investigators that there is a culture to try to please pompeo and not make him angry. these are not the people that go around complaining. they do their jobs proudly and quietly. you had somebody who decided to go to congress. i think that has to be taken seriously. reporter: congressional investigators are seeking to understand why pompeo s wife has her own security detail. this is unusual according to a former ds official who said if security was granted in the past, it was for short periods of time and only after a threat assessment for that person was done within an intelligence division of diplomatic security. the whistleblower told congressional investigators that multiple agents were warned not to use her call sign which is shocker over the radios because they know it s not kosher something the state department
state department s investigation a charade. the department put four officials on leave last year after a review board blamed systemic failures for the attack on outpost in libya. the attack killed the american ambassador chris stevens. state department officer sean smith and two navy seals tyrone woods and glen doherty. james rosen is live at the state department tonight. james? all four of these employees are career officials. the highest ranking was eric boswell the assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security or ds. he had resigned his post. scott was a senior ds official. charlene lamb was boswell s deputy and raymond maxwell worked in the nearest bureau. in january then secretary of state hillary clinton told the senate existing law prevented her from taking stronger action against the four. but her successor john kerry took a different view what the secretary and his team has been doing is doing more fact-finding going into what happened on the ground and also looking a