near the white house. cnn learned someone made off with a secret servicing a s gun, badge, flash drive in broad d daylight after breaking into agent s personal call. another black eye for the embattled secret service agency. kind of scary to think what somebody might be able to do with a secret service badge and gun. it is. and it s surprising, too. more trouble for the secret service, not only because an agent s gun and badge are missing but also it appears to have been a brazen car break-in during the day in washington, d.c., not far from headquarters. reporter: the u.s. secret service, whose job it is to protect the first family, can t stay out of the headline s. an agent gets his service weapon and badge stolen in a car break-in. author of the first family detail about the secret service.