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Is New Secret Service Chief Up To The Job Of Reforming Agency?
Sean Curran faces a tough task as the new director of the Secret Service: reforming the troubled protective agency after the...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 172 min read
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Indiana Man Shot By Secret Service Near White House
Secret Service personnel shot an armed man near the White House early Sunday, hours after obtaining information that a possibly suicidal...
Crime and Justice News
Mar 101 min read
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Trump Names Campaign Security Agent To Lead Secret Service
President Trump named Sean Curran, who led his campaign security detail and rushed to shield him during an assassination attempt, to be...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 242 min read
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Trump Shooting in Butler Prefaced by Years of Inaction on 'Crisis' Within Secret Service
A new Washington Post review found that the causes of the mistakes in Butler, the Secret Service’s biggest security failure since the...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 22 min read
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Secret Service 'Reimagining' Itself After Assassination Attempt Failure
Ronald Rowe, acting director of the Secret Service, is promising accountability for what he called the agency’s “abject failure” to...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 6, 20242 min read
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Panel Urges 'Zero-Fail Mission' To Overhaul Secret Service
An independent panel called Thursday for new leadership at the Secret Service, hired mostly from outside the agency, saying it needs a...
Crime and Justice News
Oct 17, 20242 min read
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Secret Service Faces Staffing Crisis As Many Agents Left Before 2024
The Secret Service knew it would face an avalanche in 2024. There would be presidential campaigns, political conventions, and a NATO...
Crime and Justice News
Oct 4, 20242 min read
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Secret Service Shortage Moves Trump’s Wisconsin Rally Indoors
Donald Trump's presidential campaign canceled an upcoming outdoor rally in Wisconsin due to a lack of necessary personnel from the Secret...
Crime and Justice News
Sep 27, 20241 min read
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Secret Service Will Get $231M More As Its Approval Rating Falls
The Secret Service's approval rating fell 23 points in a new Gallup poll largely conducted before the second assassination attempt on...
Crime and Justice News
Sep 23, 20241 min read
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Secret Service Head Seeks Funds To Combat Dangerous 'New Reality'
Acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe is urging Congress to invest heavily in the agency after two apparent assassination attempts...
Crime and Justice News
Sep 20, 20242 min read
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More Scrutiny For Secret Service After New Trump Shooting Threat
Two assassination attempts in two months have turned two of Former President Trump's favorite places — the rally stage and his West...
Crime and Justice News
Sep 16, 20243 min read
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Trump Security Failure Not A Budget Issue, Secret Service Says
The acting director of the Secret Service told senators scrutinizing the agency’s budget that the near assassination of former President...
Crime and Justice News
Sep 10, 20241 min read
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Pentagon Approves Support to Secret Service for Presidential Campaigns
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request to provide the Secret Service with additional military support capabilities for...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 30, 20241 min read
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House Panel Demands Records On Planning Before Trump Shooting
A bipartisan House task force escalated its investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump on Wednesday,...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 28, 20242 min read
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Trump Team Argues With Secret Service Over Lack Of Protection
Just before Donald Trump held a rally in Doral, Fla., on July 9, Secret Service officials told his campaign that the former president...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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Secret Service Plagued With Tech Failures At Trump Shooting
Spotty cellular service, malfunctioning technology and unused equipment contributed to a major communications breakdown during the rally...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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In Jan. 6, 2021, Probe, Watchdog Urges Secret Service Improvements
The Department of Homeland Security's watchdog issued its long-awaited findings on the Secret Service's handling of the January 6, 2021,...
Crime and Justice News
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Cheatle Quits As Secret Service Head After Sharp House Criticism
Kimberly Cheatle resigned as Secret Service director after the assassination attempt against former President Trump unleashed...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 23, 20242 min read
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Mayorkas Names Panel To Review Trump Assassination Attempt
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review the assassination attempt on former...
Crime and Justice News
Jul 22, 20242 min read
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Secret Service Agent Opens Fire While Protecting Naomi Biden
A Secret Service agent protecting President Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret...
Crime and Justice News
Nov 13, 20231 min read
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