{"id":2442311,"date":"2025-06-03T14:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ncis-launches-internal-review-following-navy-secretary-security-failure-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T18:14:57","slug":"ncis-launches-internal-review-following-navy-secretary-security-failure-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ncis-launches-internal-review-following-navy-secretary-security-failure-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"NCIS launches internal review following Navy Secretary security failure &#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\">24<\/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%2Fncis-launches-internal-review-following-navy-secretary-security-failure-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=2442311&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>The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) has initiated an internal review after a security incident involving Navy Secretary John Phelan during an event in Washington, D.C., where he was surrounded by pro-Palestinian protesters. The NCIS is responsible for protecting top Navy officials, among other duties related to military investigations. Video footage from the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >incident reveals notable security lapses<\/a>, as NCIS agents focused more on removing the protesters instead of securing Phelan. This raises concerns about the adequacy of the security measures in place, especially since there was a notable lack of agents positioned around the stage. With potential threats from protest actions, the review aims to assess the effectiveness of NCIS protocols in safeguarding its protectees.  <\/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\">NCIS launches internal review following Navy Secretary security failure<\/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_2137669\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE<\/strong> <strong>&mdash; <\/strong>The Naval Criminal Investigative Service tells the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>it has launched an internal review following an incident on Monday in which pro-Palestinian protesters closely surrounded Secretary of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Navy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Navy<\/a> John Phelan as he spoke at an event in Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NCIS&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealNCIS\/status\/1913577640310497450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regularly<\/a>&nbsp;and openly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RealNCIS\/status\/1910875390773502463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advertises&nbsp;<\/a>its responsibility for protecting Phelan, the Chief of Naval Operations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCIS.Official\/posts\/ncis-director-omar-lopez-visited-with-protective-operations-field-office-personn\/1145192637647210\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">certain other military officials<\/a> in their conduct of official duties. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-chief-resists-biden-i-cannot-comply-with-demand-to-use-non-legal-immigration-terms\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Chief Resists Biden: \u2018I Cannot\u2019 Comply With Demand To Use Non-Legal Immigration Terms\">federal law enforcement agency<\/a> is also responsible for prominent investigations pertaining to the Navy and Marine Corps, including those related to counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and corruption.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nivcalderon\/status\/1929583632886219060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3429587\/pete-hegseth-defense-subcommittees-next-week\/\">Pete Hegseth to appear in front of Congress next week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3429242\/zelensky-had-an-ace-in-the-hole\/\">Trump said he didn&rsquo;t have the cards, but Zelensky had an ace in the hole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3428798\/pro-palestinian-protesters-storm-stage-navy-secretary-john-phelan\/\">Pro-Palestinian protesters storm stage while Navy secretary speaks<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nivcalderon\/status\/1929583632886219060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a>&nbsp;of the incident on Monday shows notable protective security failures. The incident begins with three protesters marching onto the stage, shouting and waving a placard. Two suited individuals, apparently NCIS agents, then enter the stage and attempt to move the protesters off it. But they struggle to do so, unsupported by local event security or other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-secretary-of-state-investigating-voter-registration-group-run-by-democrat-raphael-warnock\/\" title=\"Georgia Secretary Of State Investigating Voter Registration Group Run By Democrat Raphael Warnock\">law enforcement officers<\/a>. At this point, a fourth protester with a flag walks behind Phelan, provoking the Secretary&rsquo;s open concern. &ldquo;Jim,&rdquo; Phelan says, pointing behind him and seeking the attention of an&nbsp;NCIS agent, &ldquo;Behind me.&rdquo; At this point, an NCIS agent moves to bring that fourth protester off stage. A third NCIS agent is then shown to the left of the screen, shuffling the protesters off stage, but apparently only becomes involved after a significant delay.<\/p>\n<p>The incident underlines a number of protective security failures.<\/p>\n<p>First, there are clearly insufficient NCIS posts on the immediate approaches to the stage or backstage. This is a basic security tactic to limit entry to the stage and provide availability to provide protection quickly if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Second, the NCIS agents focus on the protesters more than they do on Phelan&rsquo;s own security. This conflicts with protecting security training, which teaches agents that protesters may be a distraction to allow assassins to get close to a protectee. This is why U.S. Secret Service security details will regularly &ldquo;close up&rdquo; around a protectee when protesters storm a stage, letting other personnel remove protesters. A similar dynamic is also often apparent when protesters interrupt hearings by senior government officials on Capitol Hill. Here, security details will move to block protester access to their protectee, waiting for the Capitol Police to remove the protesters.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, had the fourth flag-waving protester been an assassin, he would easily have been able to attack Phelan. Even worse, it was only when Phelan signaled to his detail that the protester was behind him that they recognized that possible threat. And as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dbDELK0s_8U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">1992 incident<\/a> involving then former President Ronald Reagan showed, even protesters who do not intend physical harm can inadvertently cause harm to a protectee via their chosen act of protest.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3427336\/emmanuel-macron-slightly-turns-up-heat-on-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">EMMANUEL MACRON SLIGHTLY TURNS UP THE HEAT ON CHINA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>asked the NCIS a number of questions on Monday, including whether NCIS Director Omar Lopez had any comment. In response, the NCIS responded on Tuesday that &ldquo;An internal review is ongoing regarding the security posture and response for yesterday&rsquo;s event. Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Navy Secretary might not be a Cabinet official. Still, he would be a priority target for intimidation or assassination in a major war with Russia (Russian military doctrine prioritizes assassinations of top enemy officials at the start of a conflict) or China (PLA doctrine prioritizes surprise asymmetric attacks).<\/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_2137669\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2137669\"}});<\/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>NCIS starts internal review after Navy Secretary&#8217;s security breach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2724,"featured_media":2442312,"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\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-12.40.08%E2%80%AFPM-2-1024x531.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[56461,52033,56460],"class_list":["post-2442311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-internal-review","tag-navy-secretary","tag-ncis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-03-at-12.40.08%E2%80%AFPM-2-1024x531.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442311","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\/2724"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442311"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442315,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442311\/revisions\/2442315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2442312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}