An independent review commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security claims that “without reform,” the United States Secret Service will not be able to prevent future assassination plots like the July attempt on former President Donald Trump‘s life.
The review, published Thursday by an independent board consisting of Janet Napolitano, Bush administration homeland adviser Frances Townsend, law enforcement veteran David Mitchell, and former deputy attorney general Mark Filip, outlined a number of lapses by the Secret Service leading to the attempted assassination of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“The Secret Service does not perform at the elite levels needed to discharge its critical mission,” the letter addressed to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said, which was included in the report. “The Secret Service has become bureaucratic, complacent, and static even though…
