‘Secret service needs reform’: Independent probe panel on Trump’s assassination – Times of India
An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania has criticized the Secret Service, describing the agency as "bureaucratic, complacent, and static."The panel's 52-page report, released on Thursday, identified specific shortcomings at the July 13 rally in Butler and deeper issues within the Secret Service's culture.According to the report, at least two Secret Service agents were aware of gunman Thomas Crooks' suspicious behaviour but did not communicate it effectively."The Secret Service must be the world's leading governmental protective organization," the report said. "The events at Butler on July 13 demonstrate that, currently, it is not."The 4-member panel of former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, former...