Criticism of Secret Service during Trump assassination attemp

 Politico:

Report on Trump shooting blasts Secret Service for ‘troubling lack of critical thinking’

A panel identified specific failures on the day of the shooting as well as broader cultural problems at the agency.

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On the day of the shooting, Secret Service personnel failed to communicate effectively with their state and local law enforcement partners, the four-person panel said in a 51-page report released Thursday. And nobody told Trump’s security detail about the gunman, Thomas Crooks, despite the fact that more than 20 minutes before the shooting, law enforcement officers — including at least two people from the Secret Service — feared he posed a threat and were searching for him.

The report also said Secret Service personnel displayed “a troubling lack of critical thinking” — both before and after the shooting — about the dangers some of their protectees face.
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They should have taken action as soon as the threat was discovered.  That is their job.

See also:

Panel Probing Trump Shooting Calls for Secret Service Shake-Up

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