The Secret Service filed its first report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July, acknowledging that the attack occurred due to a series of “communication errors.”
The US Secret Service on Friday submitted its first report on the attempted assassination of Donald Trump on July 13 in Pennsylvania. The findings of the investigation confirm what several sources within the agency had already said: the attack was the result of a series of errors on the part of the authorities.
“A consistent theme collected [nas entrevistas] “State and local law enforcement personnel working at the Butler demonstration were cited for poor communications,” the report reads, as cited by ABC. Although the document is brief – it is only five pages long – it identifies multiple communications problems, citing them as the primary cause of the attack.
The report highlights the lack of resources for sharing information and the lack of variety of information channels. In addition, The Secret Service is responsible for failing to pass on essential information to local authorities.For example, they were not informed of the existence of two communications command posts and “as a result, these entities operated under the false impression that the Secret Service was directly receiving their radio transmissions,” the investigation concluded. In fact, the authorities were communicating through different channels.
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This ruling was particularly relevant when local authorities saw shooter Thomas Crooks on the roof and Tried to inform the Secret Service, no responseHad this message been received, officers could have taken steps to protect and remove Donald Trump from the scene while authorities neutralized Crooks.
In addition to the communication failures, there was what the report called a “lack of diligence” in placing an agent on the roof used by the shooter. The Secret Service also identified other “technical difficulties” that disrupted their work.
The first was a The agency’s drone systems failwho prevented them from flying over the rally site the day before, the same day the shooter used his own drone to do so. The secret service He also points out the problems caused by the location where the rally was held.where defining and protecting a perimeter was difficult. However, he points out that this decision was made by the Republican campaign, without intervention from the organization. Since then, Republicans have been advised not to hold events in places with the same characteristics.
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The document was presented by acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe at a press conference in which he admitted his agency’s mistakes. “It’s important that we take responsibility for the failures of July 13 and use the lessons we learned to never have a failed mission like this again,” he said, as quoted by the Associated Press. Holding the Secret Service accountable for its own mistakes had already led to the firing of Kimberley Cheatle, Rowe’s predecessor as agency director.
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Source: Observadora
