National Security and Foreign Affairs

The director of the Obama administration's Office of Personnel Management (OPM) entered the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee session ready to convince members that her agency was "driving continued progress on IT modernization."

But the packed Rayburn House Office Building chamber soon became a boxing ring, with all the punches going in one direction — Katherine Archuleta getting hit from the right and the left.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Tuesday urged officials from the Office of Personnel Management to resign following the devastating cyberattack that has exposed millions of people's sensitive information.

"I'm looking here today for a few good people to step forward accept responsibility and resign for the good of the nation," he said during a Tuesday morning House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.

OPM Director Katherine Archuleta and OPM Chief Information Officer testified before the panel.

The Office of Personnel Management headquarters in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson / Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO – President Obama is facing pressure to retaliate against the hack that captured personal data on millions of federal employees.

"We must deter future attacks by making it clear that the consequences of attacks are not worth hacking into American systems," Sen. Mark Warner said.

Freedom from unwarranted search and seizure is one of the great ideals that this county was founded upon. It is also an issue that has garnered a great deal of attention since 2013, when former National Security Agency (NSA) analyst Edward Snowden revealed the extent to which ordinary Americans are being spied upon by their own government.