” two days later , a news web site reported that rep. jason chaffetz ( r - utah ) , chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee , had applied to be a secret service agent in 2003 and been rejected .
 
ap photo watchdog : secret service leaked information on chaffetz the secret service leaked sensitive personal information to the press about oversight and government reform committee chairman jason chaffetz as the utah republican was investigating the beleaguered agency , an inspector general 's report said wednesday .
the ig also found that there play facebook twitter embed secret service leaked private info to embarrass congressman 2:45 the secret service apologized wednesday to rep. jason chaffetz , a prominent critic of the agency , for violating federal privacy law by improperly accessing sensitive personal information about him dozens of times in little more than a single week .
[ secret service employees accessed “ sensitive personal information .
the department of homeland security office of the inspector general issued a report on wednesday that accused secret service assistant director edward lowery and other agency officials of plotting to leak information about chaffetz , including his unsuccessful attempt to join the organization .
only 4 of the 45 employees had “ an arguable legitimate need to access the information , ” the report found .
chaffetz , r - utah — who has aggressively pursued allegations of secret service misconduct as chairman of the house committee on oversight and government reform — called the unauthorized retrieval of his unsuccessful application to join the secret service in 2003 " a tactic designed to intimidate and embarrass me . "