The Secret Service’s Failure to Halt a Tragedy at a Trump Rally NYT | Top Stories By: Eileen Sullivan and Kate Kelly 19 September 2024 at 01:00 Communications gaps, unguarded warehouses and a lack of written instructions opened an opportunity for a gunman at a rally in Butler, Pa., in July. © Kristian Thacker for The New York TimesInadequately securing the warehouses next to the rally site in Butler, Pa., was a critical misstep. But it was hardly the only problem.
Secret Service Scrambled After Trump’s Short Notice on Golf Outing NYT | Top Stories By: Kate Kelly, Eileen Sullivan and Luke Broadwater 18 September 2024 at 08:07 The agency did not sweep the area where a gunman lay in wait for the former president at his club in Florida. © Saul Martinez for The New York TimesLaw enforcement officers blocking the roads at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday.
Secret Service Did Not Search Trump Golf Course Perimeter Before Gunman’s Arrest NYT | Top Stories By: Kate Kelly 17 September 2024 at 08:46 The agency’s acting director, Ronald L. Rowe Jr., praised his agents’ actions but conceded that there was no sweep of the course at Donald Trump’s club that a gunman had staked out. © Saul Martinez for The New York TimesRonald L. Rowe Jr., the Secret Service’s acting director, said that in order to handle an increasingly challenging threat environment, the agency would need Congress to provide more funding.