OPM, DHS, White House Declined to Brief House Armed Services Panel on Historic Hack

The Office of Personnel Management, Department of Homeland Security and White House backed out of a closed-door congressional briefing on the OPM hack at the eleventh hour, according to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX).

The agencies declined to testify at the Tuesday classified session, according to the committee, because the conversation would have been documented. “OPM, Homeland Security and OMB’s last-minute refusal to appear before this committee is unacceptable," said Chairman Thornberry. "There is no excuse at all for being unwilling to explain on the record about how the breach happened and what we are doing to prevent another one. What could they possibly have to hide?"