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# Secret Service Report Finds Communication Failures Preceding July Assassination Attempt on Trump

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_Published 2024-09-20. Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof._


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## Transcript

Today's hyperdynamic threat environment, the mission of the Secret Service is clear. We cannot afford to fail. After reviewing the planning event details and coordination with partner agencies regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13, our mission assurance review is nearing its completion. As I've said, this was a failure on the part of the United States Secret Service. It's important that we hold ourselves accountable for the failures of July 13, and that we use the lessons learned to make sure that we do not have another failure like this again. Advanced team personnel have an obligation to ensure that each site meets the protective requirements and principles of secret service methodologies.

The Secret Service did not give clear guidance or direction to our local law enforcement partners. There were communication deficiencies between law enforcement personnel at the site. For example, the Secret Service did not co locate its security room with local law enforcement. There was an overreliance on mobile devices, resulting in information being siloed. We're at a pivotal moment in the history of the Secret Service and at a pivotal moment in the history of our country. And I've directed that the Secret Service embark on a significant paradigm shift that will redefine how we conduct protective operations.

What occurred on Sunday demonstrates that the threat environment in which the secret service operates is tremendous and under constant threat. And we've been in this heightened and increasingly dynamic threat environment since July 13. The paradigm shift will be a driving force to move the secret service from a state of reaction to a state of readiness. And the vision is for the Secret Service to be more agile with the ability to escalate protection to the highest levels for numerous protectes for undetermined periods of time. This cannot be about working our people harder. So with respect to changes, the workforce, the American public, they can expect changes in our processes for advances.

There will be an increased use of technology not only to assist in communications, but also situational awareness when we're doing our protective mission. We are burning through a lot of assets and resources. And that's the argument that we've been trying to show. This isn't some pie in the sky trying to say, Hey, we want this now. We are not capitalizing on a crisis. We are showing the math. We have finite resources, and we are stretching those resources to their maximum right now, which is going to require us to replace these assets. It's going to require us to also adjust to look at this and evaluate that if we have to do this again or do it because of some other situation that we have no other control of, we have to be able to sustain that for an indefinite period of time.

And so I'm hopeful, and I am certainly engaged in these discussions. And I feel like at the end, we will get there, because we have no other choice.

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