{"id":2356226,"date":"2024-10-17T14:20:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-must-be-reformed-to-prevent-another-butler-dhs-audit-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T14:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:22:35","slug":"secret-service-must-be-reformed-to-prevent-another-butler-dhs-audit-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-must-be-reformed-to-prevent-another-butler-dhs-audit-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Service must be reformed to prevent &#8216;another Butler:&#8217; DHS audit &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fsecret-service-must-be-reformed-to-prevent-another-butler-dhs-audit-washington-examiner%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=2356226&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>An\u2063 independent review by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned that the United States Secret Service (USSS) needs significant reforms to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/furious-secret-service-sniper-demands-4-more-resignations-expects-another-assassination-attempt-soon-report\/\" title=\"Furious Secret Service Sniper Demands 4 More Resignations, Expects Another Assassination Attempt Soon: Report\">prevent future assassination\u200d attempts<\/a>, such as the \u200dJuly incident targeting former \u200dPresident \u200cDonald\u2062 Trump. The report, published by a panel that includes notable figures like Janet Napolitano and Frances Townsend, highlights serious lapses in the Secret Service\u2019s\u2064 operations, claiming that\u200c the agency has grown bureaucratic\u200d and complacent despite \u200cevolving threats and \u2063technologies. The panel criticized the lack of\u2063 critical\u2063 thinking\u200d among\u2062 agents before, during, and after\u200c the assassination\u200d attempt and pointed out that there has been insufficient self-reflection on mistakes and areas for improvement. The report concludes that without\u2062 addressing\u2062 these &#8220;corrosive cultural \u2062attitudes,&#8221; future \u200cincidents are likely. Napolitano emphasized the need for\u2062 the agency to \u200bseek outside expertise to revitalize\u2063 its operations. Meanwhile, \u200cTrump&#8217;s campaign \u200dhas requested enhanced security measures from the \u200dUSSS, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biggest-fear-among-us-business-leaders-is-catastrophic-debt-default-white-house-economic-adviser\/\" title=\"US business leaders&#039; biggest fear is a catastrophic debt default, according to a White House economic adviser.\">amid ongoing concerns<\/a> for his safety.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DHS review says &lsquo;another Butler&rsquo; will happen without major USSS reforms<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1837999\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>An independent review commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security claims that &ldquo;without reform,&rdquo; the United States Secret Service will not be able to prevent future assassination plots like the July attempt on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/publication\/independent-review-panel-report\">review<\/a>, published Thursday by an independent board consisting of&nbsp;Janet Napolitano, Bush administration homeland adviser Frances Townsend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>law enforcement<\/a> veteran David Mitchell, and former deputy attorney general Mark Filip, outlined a number of lapses by the Secret Service leading to the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Secret Service does not perform at the elite levels needed to discharge its critical mission,&rdquo; the letter addressed to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said, which was included in the report. &ldquo;The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though risks have multiplied and technology has evolved.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The panel specifically accused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Secret-Service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Secret Service<\/a> officials of fostering and showing a &ldquo;lack of critical thinking&rdquo; by agents &ldquo;before, during, and after&rdquo; the attempted assassination.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the panel found that the Secret Service has done &ldquo;little in the way of self-reflection in terms of identifying areas of missteps, omissions, or opportunities&nbsp;for improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the report argued that &ldquo;without reform&rdquo; to the&nbsp;&ldquo;corrosive cultural attitudes&rdquo;&nbsp;within the agency, another assassination attempt on Trump or another protectee &ldquo;can and will happen again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The service has become insular and stale,&rdquo; Napolitano said in a Thursday interview with <em>The New York Times<\/em>. &ldquo;It is time for the service to kind of break out and to reach out beyond its own agency to bring in talent that can really take a fresh look at what it is they do, and how they do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign has been lobbying USSS for increased protection for Trump since July. Campaign manager Susie Wiles recently requested military vehicles and aircraft for the remainder of Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> campaign travel.<\/p>\n<p>In response, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> told reporters that he had directed DHS to field any of the Trump campaign&rsquo;s security requests, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3186347\/biden-no-f-15-military-planes-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"barring the use of F-16\">barring the use of F-15<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Secret Service acting Director Ronald L. Rowe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretservice.gov\/newsroom\/releases\/2024\/10\/statement-us-secret-service-acting-director-ronald-l-rowe-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> he would carefully examine the recommendations, but noted improvements are underway, including developing a plan for a &ldquo;fundamental transformation&rdquo; and working with Congress on increasing the agency&rsquo;s budget.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are not waiting to act,&rdquo; Rowe said in a statement. &ldquo;We have already significantly improved our readiness, operational and organizational communications and implemented enhanced protective operations for the former president and other protectees. This includes making changes to better integrate with our state and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-dept-launches-regional-gun-trafficking-strike-forces\/\" title=\"Justice Dept Launches Regional Gun Trafficking Strike Forces\">local law enforcement partners<\/a> and augmenting our protection with support from the U.S. Department of Defense and other agencies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1837999\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1837999\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHS review warns of future threats without USSS reforms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2356227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-usss.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43216,43215,4353,34163,32076],"class_list":["post-2356226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-butler-case","tag-dhs-audit","tag-reform","tag-secret-service","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-usss.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}