{"id":2318778,"date":"2024-08-03T18:54:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-03T22:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-new-secret-service-boss-as-bad-as-cheatle-had-slashed-team-responsible-for-spotting-threats-whistleblower\/"},"modified":"2024-08-03T19:00:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T23:00:01","slug":"is-new-secret-service-boss-as-bad-as-cheatle-had-slashed-team-responsible-for-spotting-threats-whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-new-secret-service-boss-as-bad-as-cheatle-had-slashed-team-responsible-for-spotting-threats-whistleblower\/","title":{"rendered":"Is New Secret Service Boss as Bad as Cheatle? Had Slashed Team Responsible for Spotting Threats: Whistleblower"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-new-secret-service-boss-as-bad-as-cheatle-had-slashed-team-responsible-for-spotting-threats-whistleblower%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2318778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During\u2062 a recent Senate hearing, acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe\u2062 expressed regret\u2064 over security \u2062failures that\u2063 allowed a sniper to attack Donald Trump during a rally. Rowe stated\u200d he felt &#8220;ashamed&#8221; that the sniper\u2019s location was not adequately guarded. However, \u200ba whistleblower alleged that Rowe \u2064was partly responsible for these failures, claiming he had previously cut resources\u2063 from the agency&#8217;s \u200dCounter Surveillance \u200bDivision, which is\u200b essential for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-declares-cybersecurity-core-national-security-challenge\/\" title=\"Biden Declares Cybersecurity \u2018Core National Security Challenge\u2019\">threat assessments<\/a> at event sites. Republican Senator Josh Hawley confronted Rowe about these allegations, \u200cwhich\u2063 led \u2064to a heated exchange,\u200c with Hawley insisting on accountability for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-to-judgement-three-crucial-questions-remain-unanswered-about-capitol-siege\/\" title=\"Rush to judgement? Three crucial questions remain unanswered about Capitol siege\">security lapses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Hawley has given Rowe until August 8 to\u2062 provide evidence regarding the staffing levels and decisions impacting security for Trump&#8217;s events. He noted that the whistleblower&#8217;s claims \u200binclude retaliatory actions against Secret Service agents who raised concerns about security practices. \u2063During a news conference, \u2063Rowe indicated his intention to respond to \u2063Hawley\u2019s letter but is facing pressure to \u200bclarify his\u2064 involvement with the alleged manpower reductions. The situation raises significant questions \u2062about\u2063 the current state of the Secret Service and how\u200b past leadership decisions may have affected its effectiveness in protecting top\u2064 officials.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-ends-trump-sanctuary-cities-policy\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s DOJ Ends Trump Sanctuary Cities Policy\">acting head<\/a> of the Secret Service appeared on Capitol Hill this week, one of the major headlines was that he was &ldquo;ashamed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ronald Rowe told a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees that after visiting the site of the July 13 attempted assassination of Donald Trump, he was &ldquo;ashamed&rdquo; that the roof the sniper had fired from had not been guarded, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/30\/us\/politics\/secret-service-trump-shooting-senate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But according to a whistleblower communicating with Republican Sen. Josh Hawley&rsquo;s office, Rowe himself helped create the conditions that made the disgraceful event possible &mdash; and Hawley has given Rowe until next week to prove otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/whistleblower-accuses-acting-secret-director-211621726.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported, Hawley says the whistleblower claims that Rowe himself is responsible for the lack of manpower that made the Trump assassination attempt possible.<\/p>\n<p>And if that&rsquo;s true, it means the resignation of disgraced former Secret Service Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-footage-multiple-gop-senators-forced-chase-fleeing-kimberly-cheatle-smack-middle-rnc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kimberly Cheatle<\/a> hasn&rsquo;t changed the kind of ineptitude at the top that has blackened the once-stellar reputation of the agency entrusted to protect the nation&rsquo;s presidents &mdash; and presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Hawley-Whistleblower-Letter-to-Acting-Secret-Service-Director-Rowe.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter to Rowe<\/a> on Thursday, Hawley wrote that the whistleblower claims that Rowe, as deputy director of the Secret Service under Cheatle, was behind cuts to the agency&rsquo;s Counter Surveillance Division &mdash; and that those cuts were responsible for the shocking lack of security surrounding Trump&rsquo;s July rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The division &ldquo;performs threat assessment of event sites before the event occurs&rdquo; Hawley wrote, but &ldquo;did <em>not<\/em> perform its typical evaluation of the Butler site and was not present on the day.&rdquo; (Emphasis in the original.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The whistleblower further alleges that you personally directed significant cuts to CSD, up to and including reducing the division&rsquo;s manpower by twenty percent,&rdquo; Hawley wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Then he included this tart sentence: &ldquo;You did not mention this in your Senate testimony when asked directly to explain manpower reductions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s important to point out there&rsquo;s apparently no love lost between Hawley and Rowe. The exchange between the men at Tuesday&rsquo;s hearing became a shouting match as Hawley demanded that someone be held responsible for the Secret Service failure in Butler, and Rowe maintained the agency needed time to investigate.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Josh Hawley and Acting Secret Service Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. get into a shouting match during Senate hearing on Trump assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfairly persecuted?! We&rsquo;ve got people who are dead!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G1aLfe9UOz\">https:\/\/t.co\/G1aLfe9UOz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NqvacYRRWS\">pic.twitter.com\/NqvacYRRWS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Zachary Leeman (@WritingLeeman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WritingLeeman\/status\/1818333090839728140?\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At a news conference on Friday, Rowe was asked about the allegations in Hawley&rsquo;s letter and said his agency would respond to the letter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know that there&rsquo;s been allegations that I personally cut or that I &mdash; let&rsquo;s say, that I denied requests,&rdquo; he said, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/transcripts.cnn.com\/show\/cnc\/date\/2024-08-02\/segment\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN transcript<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Counter Surveillance Division has been out there supporting the former president&rsquo;s detail at some very high-profile events. They continue to provide that support. And they are out there providing support right now.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So we&rsquo;re going to respond to the letter that we received. And we&rsquo;ll be sure to make that &mdash; I&rsquo;m sure they will &mdash; we&rsquo;ll be able to  that response when the committee says it&rsquo;s OK to respond.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If Rowe means what he said, the clock is ticking. Hawley&rsquo;s letter gave him a deadline of Aug. 8 &mdash; a week from the day the letter was sent &mdash; to provide records about CSD staffing as well as Rowe&rsquo;s &ldquo;personal involvement&rdquo; in those decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Since Hawley&rsquo;s letter states that the whistleblower alleges the Secret Service had retaliated against agents who complained about security issues surrounding Trump events, the letter also demands &ldquo;The number of Secret Service agents who have raised concerns about security practices within the Secret Service and are currently facing disciplinary action, as well as the nature of the concerns and the type of disciplinary action.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it seeks &ldquo;a breakdown of Secret Service personnel at the July 13 rally by division or unit.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the numbers will tell the story. And Rowe&rsquo;s personal responsibility for those numbers should be clear.<\/p>\n<p>Is the whistleblower correct? Is he or she in a position to know how Secret Service personnel decisions are made and reporting that knowledge accurately? (God knows, Trump supporters learned years ago &mdash; thanks to Democratic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lauren-boebert-reveals-1-word-put-adam-schiffs-tombstone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liars like Adam Schiff<\/a> &mdash; that the term &ldquo;whistleblower&rdquo; can just as easily describe a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ciaramella-plotted-future-schiff-staffer-take-president-2017-nsc-brief-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politically motivated hatchet man<\/a> as it can a noble source of solid information.)<\/p>\n<p>As it stands, the American people still don&rsquo;t have a full story about the cascade of security failures that led to Trump being shot in the ear &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-new-visualization-shows-close-trump-losing-life-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">centimeters from death<\/a> &mdash; led to the death <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-trump-team-misspell-corey-comperatores-name-firefighter-jacket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of a Trump supporter<\/a>, and the critical wounding of two others.<\/p>\n<p>And the country still doesn&rsquo;t know how deeply the Secret Service might be infected with the rot of political polarization, and consequent incompetence, that has become the hallmark of certain arms of the federal government &mdash; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/attorney-general-merrick-garland-lambasted-threatening-americans-criticism-biden-doj-must-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Justice Department<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-john-kennedy-forces-fbi-official-fact-check-boss-trump-shooting-wasnt-sasquatch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI<\/a> in particular &mdash; since the presidency of Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<p>And it doesn&rsquo;t know if exchanging Kimberley Cheatle at the top of the Secret Service for another agency career official like Ronald Rowe has changed things for the better. Or if things have actually gotten worse.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that instead of the picture becoming clearer since July 13, when a 20-year-old almost managed to kill the 45th and potentially 47th president of the United States, it just keeps getting cloudier.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service &mdash; and the man who&rsquo;s not in charge of it &mdash; could have a whole lot more than the events of July 13 to be ashamed of.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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However, a whistleblower in contact with Republican Senator Josh Hawley claims that Rowe played a role in creating the circumstances that allowed this incident to happen. Hawley has given Rowe until next week to refute these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News, Hawley stated that the whistleblower accused Rowe of being responsible for staffing shortages that contributed to Trump&#8217;s assassination attempt. If true, this suggests that despite Kimberly Cheatle&#8217;s resignation as former Secret Service Director due to disgraceful conduct, there remains incompetence at high levels within an agency once known for its excellence in protecting presidents and presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent to Rowe on Thursday, Hawley mentioned claims from the whistleblower indicating that while serving as deputy director under Cheatle, Rowe was behind budget cuts affecting the agency\u2019s Counter Surveillance Division (CSD). These cuts allegedly resulted in inadequate security during Trump\u2019s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The CSD is responsible for assessing threats at event locations prior to their occurrence; however, it reportedly did not evaluate or attend Trump&#8217;s rally site.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley&#8217;s letter pointed out: \u201cThe whistleblower further alleges you personally directed significant cuts to CSD,\u201d including reducing its manpower by 20%. He also noted: \u201cYou did not mention this during your Senate testimony when asked about manpower reductions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tensions were evident between Hawley and Rowe during Tuesday&#8217;s hearing when they engaged in a heated exchange over accountability for security failures related to Trump\u2019s event. In response to inquiries about allegations made against him in Hawley&#8217;s letter during a Friday news conference, Rowe stated his agency would address those claims but emphasized ongoing support from CSD for high-profile events involving former President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Rowe acknowledged accusations regarding his involvement with personnel decisions but maintained confidence in his division&#8217;s current operations. He indicated they would respond formally once permitted by Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley&#8217;s correspondence set an August 8 deadline for Rowe to provide documentation concerning CSD staffing and details regarding his personal involvement with those decisions. The letter also requested information about any Secret Service agents facing disciplinary action after raising concerns about security practices related specifically to Trump events.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, clarity surrounding these issues remains elusive as investigations continue into what led up to Trump&#8217;s near-assassination\u2014an incident resulting not only in serious injury but also loss of life among supporters\u2014and whether political biases have infiltrated operational integrity within agencies like the Secret Service since Barack Obama&#8217;s presidency. 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