With agents stretched thin by the presidential campaign, the agency turned to a 'junior' member of the detail ... The agent had joined the Secret Service four years earlier and only started in the protective detail in 2023. This significant reduction in experience level indicates a serious lapse in protocol, especially at such a crucial event.
If an agent with this little experience was responsible for planning Butler, that means there was nobody else. Now we are introducing hope as a strategy. And that is just plain dangerous.
The July 13 shooting brought to light a shocking lapse in security, raising critical questions about the agency primarily responsible for protecting high-profile figures. This incident has left one spectator dead and two injured, prompting an outcry for better oversight.
The causes of the mistakes in Butler, the Secret Service's biggest security failure since the 1981 attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, had been years in the making, according to the review.
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