On Sunday's State of the Union on CNN, Dan Bongino, a former Secret Service agent, defended his previous employer despite the increased instances of agent misbehavior and security breaches at the White House under their watch.

Host Dana Bash commented that many feel that their misdeeds have become "endemic to the institution," a characterization Bongino found to be "absurd."

"It's just not true," he said.

Bongino said he remembers a more dutiful agency before he left three years ago. He recalled a story of seeing one of his tired-eyed supervisors working into the early morning hours in order to help guide a rookie agent.

"That was the Secret Service I remember," Bongino said. Then he added:

Listen, I'm not their paid spokesperson. I left three years ago. But I really find it grotesquely offensive that people have characterized, or mischaracterized, an entire agency whose success record -- under enormous threats to this president and the prior president, in the world's worst hot zones -- have managed to get him home without a hang nail and all of a sudden, we've become some kind of pariah.

Bongino was careful to say his intention was not to downplay any of these serious incidents, but only to comment how the negativity aimed at the agency could affect future perception:

Now listen, some of these incidents were very serious and I'm not here to diminish any of them, but I think this has kind of become a feeding frenzy on the Secret Service that may have repercussions on moral that aren't fixable at this point.