WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01:  U.S. Secret Service Countersniper Team members stand on the roof of the White House the afternoon that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson resigned October 1, 2014 in Washington, DC. Pierson resigned in the wake of several security breaches involving the White House and President Barack Obama. The countersniper team is composed of specially trained Uniformed Division officers who use specially built weapons and other sophisticated equipment to prevent any long-range threat to the White House.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)