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And killing a spectator will injuring others the Secret Service has been facing significant criticism for more than two months now for the actually, lets go now to that Press Conference todays hyper dynamic Threat Environment, the mission of the Secret Services clear we cannot afford to fail after reviewing the Planning Event details. And coordination with partner agencies regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13 our Mission Assurance Review is nearing its completion. As ive said, this was a failure on the part of the united states Secret Service its important that we hold ourselves accountable for the failures of July 13 and then well use the lessons learned to make sure that we do not have another failure like this. Again the findings of the Mission Assurance Review have prompted the Secret Service to move into the Accountability Phase of this process . The Office Of Professional Responsibility and the office of integrity are reviewing the findings. And as a result of these failures, what has become clear to me is we need a shift in paradigm and how we conduct our protective Operations Level is evolving and requires this Paradigm Shift. But here are some of the findings from this Mission Assurance Review with respect to Command And Control of the site in butler, pennsylvania the Secret Service has the main responsibility. Of building the site plan. We cannot abdicate, or defer are responsibilities to others advanced Team Personnel have an obligation to ensure that each site meets the protective requirements and principles of Secret Service methodologies the Secret Service did not give clear Guidance Or Direction to our local Law Enforcement partners there were Communication Deficiencies between Law Enforcement personnel at the site. For example the Secret Service did not colocate its Security Room with local Law Enforcement there was an overreliance on mobile devices resulting in information being siloed for example, at approximately 1810 local time Secret Service and foreign personnel that local police were addressing an issue at the 3 00 of the outer perimeter at approximately 1810 local time by a Phone Call. The Secret Service Security Room calls the Countersniper Response Agent reporting an individual on the roof of the Ajr Building that vital piece of information was not relayed over the secret Service Radio Network at approximately 1810 and 54 seconds verified through Body Camera Footage of local Law Enforcement officers confront the assailant on the roof of the Ajr Building at 18 11 05 by a Phone Call aside, agent calls the Assistance Side Agent to find out what exactly is going on at the 3 00. And during that call, shots ring out at 18 11, 30 to verify through body Bodycamera Footage, the first series of shots are fired by the Assailant Id 181136, again, verified through Bodycamera Footage a second series of shots are fired by the Assailant Id 181147 through Bodycamera Footage secret Service Counter snipers neutralize the threat with respect to sight issues, work knowledge, but not properly mitigated issues were encountered the day of the visit with respect to lineofsight concerns, but they were not escalated too supervisors while some members of the advanced team were very diligent there was complacency on the part of others that led to a breach of Security Protocols with respect to accountability, the Mission Assurance Review has identified deficiencies in the Advance Planning and its implementation by Secret Service personnel these employees will be held accountable and this agency has among the most robust table of penalties and the entirety of the federal government and these penalties will be administered according to our disciplinary process. Due to federal regulations i cannot get into Personnel Matters as they are proceeding with respect to a Paradigm Shift were at a pivotal moment in the history of the Secret Service and at a pivotal moment in history of our country and ive directed that the Secret Service embark on a significant Paradigm Shift that will redefine how we conduct protective operations what occurred on sunday demonstrates that the Threat Environment in which the Secret Service operates is tremendous. And under constant Threat And Weve been in this heightened and increasingly dynamic Threat Environment since July 13 this reality has necessary as necessitated that we significantly increase our protective Footprint And Weve already begun to do so following the events of July 13, this increased operational tempo requires additional resources to not only account for costs being incurred today, but ensure that we have the tools the technology and personnel needed to meet these new requirements and execute our mission going forward the Paradigm Shift will be a Driving Force to move the Secret Service from a state of reaction to a state of readiness and the vision is for the Secret Service to be more agile with the ability to escalate protection to the highest levels for numerous protectees for undetermined periods of time but in order to do this, we need additional personnel, technical assets and equipment for the sustainment of immediate and future needs our personnel had been in a state of hyper vigilance following July 13 we are certainly working. Our people hard and ive used this term publicly, red lining this cannot be about working our people harder so with respect to changes the workforce, the american public they can expect changes in our processes for advances there will be an increased use of technology. Not only to assist in communications but also situational awareness when were doing our protective mission there will be organizational changes for example ive already directed the creation of an applied Research And Development section to field new technologies, leverage the research of other government agencies. And calibrate our technical Security Assets to stay ahead of Threat Vectors and technical collection impacting Secret Service equities this will be an iterative process, meaning it will be constantly evaluated validated updated, and evolving we cannot be stagnant and we must be weaned off the reliance of partners within dhs to assist us during high operational times. The Secret Service should be selfreliant outside of national special Security Events however, we recognize that we will always need assistance from our partners within the department of homeland security. And our partners at the department of Defense Moment now, also to thank you to thank our workforce i want to conclude by thanking the Men And Women of the Secret Service. Were working tirelessly this summer. We experienced an unprecedent operational tempo for our agency within a 45 day period, the Secret Service successfully implemented our operational Security Planning at three national special Security Events the nato summit, the Republican National Convention and the Democratic National Convention were successfully protected. Both the president ial debate in philadelphia and multiple protective visits commemorating the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. All this took place while protecting major party candidates on the campaign trail. This high operational tempo continues as the Secret Service prepares for the United Nations General Assembly next week, where we expect to protect more than 140 visiting World Leaders and Heads Of State i am proud of all that weve accomplished in a very difficult and tumultuous time for the agency and i recognize and thank the Men And Women of the Secret Service and their families. For continuing to make great sacrifices and supportive are enduring mission and with that, i will take questions the Attention And Scrutiny related to these events do you believe your highest level protectees will now need to campaign differently and how they organize their events. And in how they live their daily lives, things like trips to Golf Courses or recreational time. Will they have to live differently in order to be safe . Well, ultimately, kelly, this is its the responsibility of the Secret Service to make sure that we provide a secure environment for our protectees we want them to make sure that they can live their lives with some type of normalcy. But they must do so with us providing the highest levels of protection, which we we have been doing since July 13. And so its ultimately our responsibility to make sure that wherever our protectees go, we are creating a safe environment. And that comes back to us being able to use our methodologies, to use our redundancies, our systems that we have in place to create their secure environment dora, that is that kind of thing. So since July 13 we have been securing successfully outdoor events and what youre seeing is an increased use of assets, Increase Use of ballistic glass so we certainly make sure that when were when they are out there and an outdoor venue that we are using our protective methodologies to create that safe environment director, thank you for taking the time could you could you just kind of go into a bit more detail about the conversations you had with Trump Campaign Staff about selection on the butler site. The report says that Secret Service agents sought as a Challenge And Staff wanted to have the rally. There did did the did the staff go against your recommendation . Can you speak to exactly what was said and what the outcome was so listen, the staff chooses a site and ultimately its on the Secret Service to secure it. So when the site was selected the advanced team went about identifying areas of concern, the Ajr Building was one of those hazards that was identified but let me just be clear, maria ultimately it is the secret Services Responsibility to secure our site. We certainly have conversations and it doesnt matter whether its a Campaign Staff or White House staff. We have conversations and we have very good working relationships with those staffs. But ultimately, it is the secret Services Responsibility to secure a site you based on your Review And Analysis what is the reason whats the best explanation for why there was not Law Enforcement personnel covering the roof physically on the roof itself, or making sure someone it could not get on top of the roof in that Followup Question would be, how disappointed are you in what you described as a deficiencies . In a diligence . So ultimately, we have to be very direct and clear when were talking to our state and local part and our counterparts with respect to butler . I think what the Mission Assurance Review has identified is that there was that lack of clarity and i can tell you since July 13, when ive been out on the road and ive watched Field Offices and i gave guidance upon becoming the Acting Director to The Field, we have to be very clear when were talking to our state and local partners, we value those relationships with them. We need them to be assisting us and be shoulder to shoulder with us and it appears that there was that lack of clarity with respect to with respect to butler and go again with your Follow Up here clarity that roof should be secure, period, full stop. There was discussion about how the roof was going to be secured and i think what it came back to as we should have challenged what that how that mechanism was being implemented meaning we should have been more direct. We cannot be too, we cant be overly deferential to state and local Law Enforcement. We ultimately its our responsibility. And so we just have to be very clear when were asking them for support, they want help us and what we found is that in this they in the Mission Assurance interviews, it it became apparent that in comparison to prior visits to that area, there was one prior visit in 2020 that there was a lack of of assertion with respect to what exactly state and locals would have to require or would be required to port that that advance supported our you when you see that as reports, states that some personnel did not i followed Secret Service protocols. Well, im not going to get into into employee disciplinary matters, but what i can tell you as the Men And Women of the Secret Service are dedicated professionals and so while July 13 is a failure were not proud of it, but we certainly have been rising to this moment the, the Men And Women in The Field are rising to this moment. They are working tirelessly to make sure that the people we protect our safe and so i will never be disappointed in our folks. I am proud of this agency. I am proud of our people trying on the question of the agi buildings, is there a process thats standard for the day of the event that somebody from the Secret Service looks around and makes sure all of the assets are where they are and since the roof of the Ajr Building was such a glaring omission, why didnt anybody raise that issue at the time or secondly, in the Security Room, look and say, i dont see any local police in here. How are we going to hear them . Right . And i think that was a failure to challenge our assumptions. The assumption that local police were going to have more of a presence in that Hur Building. Getting back to your question, there is that diligence that has to be done by the Side Agents to make sure that, hey, all of the assets are in place. And so there was an assumption that they had covered, but there clearly was not that Follow Up to make sure. But is there a process that you look around in like a Punch List and check it off and it is part of the principles of our advance and our, and our protective methodologies. Okay. And secondly, just to Follow Up on the campaign question, you said its ultimately the Secret Service is responsible so when theres a disagreement between the campaign and the Secret Service on a security issue. Who has the last word so its not about disagreement, its about a negotiation. They certainly dont want any harm to come to their principal and so they respect us. And so usually what it boils down to his escalating it up to a supervisor and a senior staff level. What i can tell you is that if there were discrepancies and there were regarding how the site was supposed to have been secured, how supervisors were briefed and serve visors reported in their Mission Assurance interviews that they envisioned harder assets to be able to secure that line of sight, to be able to mitigate anything that might have been looking in it would have created an openness on the on the site of the Butler Farm Show and so on the morning of if there were those deficiencies, they were never escalated up to the supervisors. Just to be able to resolve it was fine thank you, sir. I have two questions. Theyre related. The first is looking forward the house just voted within the last couple of hours unanimously from those that were present in the chamber to give president ial candidates the exact same secret Service Protection as a sitting President S. My first question is, can you handle that weve been doing that since July 13, david . So what is the purpose of the bill . I dont know. Youd have to ask members of Congress App what i can tell you is that when i say the highest levels of secret Service Protection, the former president is getting tactical assets hes getting everything that the former president im sorry, that the current president has with respect to Secret Service assets. And that was my second question. Can you explain that president former President Trump is getting the same protection as President Biden and Vice President harris, because a lot of members of congress on Capitol Hill are skeptical about that. Theres a lot of toxic and clearly, he didnt have at the same protection because if he did the Golf Course would have been secure in West Palm Beach. Can you tell people whats going on with that . So with respect to West Palm Beach, what i can tell you without getting into our ttb hes our techniques or tactics are procedures. What i can tell you is that on that day, there were countersniper elements that were present with the former president on the Golf Course in proximity, there was an entire Counter Assault Team that was there in proximity. There was also a Jump Team in proximity the Advance Agent who was part of the first element, whose goal was to sweep ahead, did his job, that young man is a very young agent early in his career his vigilance, his reaction is exactly how we trained in exactly what we want our personnel to do. He identified a thread, an individual with the long gun and he, Made Swift decisions and took a swift action to be able to mitigate that no shot was fired at the former president. The former president was not exposed to where he was on the Golf Course and what ive said and i said this monday that the procedures work though the redundancies work, so that high level of protection is working director. Thank you very much for doing this. To questions just one on West Palm Beach, the busy public road that is adjacent to that sixth hole where the suspect was hiding is a wellknown Blind Spot on that specific Golf Course. Why did no one within the us secret Service Sweep behind that fence . Flying for threats there were sweeping there were sweeping ahead. Nicole. So what i just explained is that they that element that lead element was going ahead sweeping but was there anyone behind the fence where the road was sweeping there to see if anyone was in the bushes having been there and seeing the vantage point, whether they were on the public side or the the private side. The Bottom Line is the individual was detected on butler. You testified before congress that all assets requested for the Butler Rally by trump lets detail, were approved, but there are Secret Service assets that may have prevented the tragedy on July 13, most notably, a Counter Assault advanced team that would have surveyed the site ahead of time or enhanced a Counterdrone Protection that might have prevented the tragedy. Were those specific assets requested by Trumps Detail . They were were they denied if they werent, why werent they requested so the Counter Assault Team had an element that was there that had embedded with local Law Enforcement. So we had tactical in place the Counter Assault Team leader that day had been in direct contact in the days leading up to July 13 with those tactical elements. But just to be clear, did the Trump Detail asked for any additional resources that were denied by the Secret Service. So based on the Asset Base the information i have right now, the asset request, all those assets that were asked for were were approved. And so what were looking at now is whether any additional one does that came in through other channels. So but what i can tell you based on the information i have now, the assets were approved questions, when were talking about florida and the idea that this was the Secret Service working as it should. Does this mean that no security will change for trump when he goes golfing again . Well, i think what we tried to do homes after every incident we look at it. What what could we have done better . We look at everything. And it doesnt matter whether theres a critical incident that occurs. So we are looking and will reevaluating to look at, do we need ive had conversations with Sheriff Bradshaw in Palm Beach county, and so i will leave it to the local Field Office to carry on those conversations about making changes thats raleigh. And then on butler, if we can drill down on this specific timeline a little bit . At six or eight, we know that a local Radio Call went out that a man was on the roof. Now my understanding is that the State Police were in a separate area with locals and were their job was to communicate any local chatter to the Secret Service why was that . Six or eight Radio Call not communicated to Secret Service or was it by the State Police . The information i have is that we had a we had a member of the pennsylvania State Police in our Security Room and thats what spurs that Phone Call to the Countersniper Response Agent at 18 10 and so the State Police never communicated a local Radio Call. At 6 08 what shes saying is that the personnel that was in the Security Room pass that information and that triggers the 1810 Phone Call. Okay rebecca beach, with the help sounded a little resistant lately in terms terms of what it might do for funding for the Secret Service, given the sort of Paradigm Shift that youve laid out today, im curious what youll be looking for from Congress And Sort of what youre seeking from lawmakers to carry that out . Weve been weve been briefing. Weve been providing information right now. I do think that questions were responding to those questions and providing them information but at The End of the day, i think everybody wants a strong Secret Service, and thats what im working towards. Thats what members are working towards. And so well continue to have those conversations well go to cloudier with univision thank you so much for doing this republicans in congress, they won, they, same level well have security than depressing and for the candidates, how realistic is really that can you be more specific on that . I know you asked you answer that question, but can you you just cannot candidate have the same level of security of a sitting president. And also what changes are we expecting in the security . Area after you know, where most of the incidents happened, how i approached that claudia is this the way the Secret Service is structured the President Of The United States . As the highest level of protection of any World Leader, period The End, the number of assets that the Secret Service provides, and the Department Of Defense provides is that the highest levels . Those same highest levels with respect to the Secret Service, are being provided to the former president s detail. And so when it comes to maintaining this where were at right now is we have finite resources. The way we are structured with some of our classified assets, with some of our personnel designed to support the president and Vice President weve now expanded that to include the former president and so while we can do this, it is certainly we are burning through a lot of assets and resources. And thats the argument that weve been trying to show. This isnt this isnt some Pie In The Sky trying to say, hey, we want, we want this now, we are not capitalizing on a crisis we are showing the math. We have finite resources and we are stretching those resources to their maximum right now, which is going to require us to replace these assets its going to require us to also adjust to look at this and evaluate that if we have to do this again, or do it because of some other situation that we have no other control of we have to be able to sustain that for an indefinite period of time and so im hopeful and i am certainly engaged in these, in these discussions and i feel like at The End, we will get there because we have no other choice what changes are you going to make outside . If the secure area Thats Zone where everything happens, the outer perimeter. So i think thats where we have to be very direct and clear with our state and local partners as to what were asking of them djokovic you, Acting Director. Ive got two questions. The first its our understanding. It takes anywhere from four to ten years for an agent to go through the training that rises them up to a president ial detailed level. Youve described a Manpower Issue, given that, do you think that Training Timeframe might change so you can expedite getting more officers to a president ial detail. Should you need that . So were not going to drop standards, joe, we have not dropped standards you do need to develop those agents and when agents start, we dont you cannot put them on the highest level of protection, projecting a protectee when they when they graduate from our training facility, they go to a field. They do advances, they do criminal investigations. The importance of having that, what we call Phase One thats where those agents that are doing federal investigations that are interfacing with local Law Enforcement. Those are skills that they learned, analytic skills, how to conduct a federal investigation, how to interact with a us attorney, had to interact with state or local agency, and all the while theyre doing that, theyre also popping in and now doing protection, whether theyre doing it in new York City for United Nations General Assembly, or theyre doing an advance for a visiting head of state, or a World Leader that comes into their Field Office district thats where they cultivate and sharpen those skills. And it will take them up until probably 40 years, four years. Ideally, that sweet spot is between the fourth and fifth year, where we send them off to a permanent and in detail. Thats where we are getting to as far as the Career Path and so its critically important that we make sure that we still develop people it is being on the president ial protective division or the Vice President ial detail. It is a very, very high pressure situation. It requires a lot of maturity. It requires decisionmaking analytic skills, and the ability to problemsolve and it takes time to develop those skills, even though weve put you through training the more seasoning you have in The Field, the better off youre going to be as far as being a protection agent. So then how do you address the Manpower Issue quickly . So right now, we are weve had robust hiring this year, but by the time we close out the fiscal year, were going to hire more than 400 Special Agents this year, right now, it looks like were going to have a net gain in the hundreds tripledigit net Gains Something that we have not seen in a little while. I can tell you that are at an alltime high for applicants seeking employment with the united states Secret Service. So i do believe that we are going to meet this. We have no choice. We have the 2028 Summer Olympics ahead of us in Los Angeles plus the Secret Service will be responsible for the Security Planning of that. That is going to require a tremendous amount of personnel tremendous amount of resources, and a tremendous amount of collaboration with state and local and other federal partners. We are going to get there. We are getting there now. We have filled all of our Training Classes going into this next fiscal year. So were getting there. We have turned the corner. Were showing those metrics to congress. And i think thats the question that theyve had. And we are going to show them that we can deliver on this and just second question is foreign President Trump has said that he is going to the alabama, Georgia Football Game this weekend are those kinds of events particularly concerning given he could be around tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people. So im not going to comment on protect these schedules. What ill tell you is that each of them is complex and eat each advances different and those advanced teams, they know that what they have to do to make a secure environment for our protectees doing this. You said we were now moving into the Accountability Phase of this butler investigation. You did not want to discuss names of who might be punished, so to speak, but can you give us more detail, at least maybe how many people would face punishment or repercussions for what happened in butler at what levels of the organization those people represent. And what level of Punishment Gain they may face. So again, i Cant Comment on this. This is a Personnel Matter that is still pending what i will tell you is that i have not asked for anybody to to retire. That was not i know some of that was reported. That is false with respect to the disciplinary process, it will be handled in accordance with darker table of penalties that will be led by the office of integrity in coordination with our Office Of Professional Responsibility and then one Follow Up as well all this lets talk about making things more robust, more agents in The Field. This type of thing. This is not the first president ial election. You guys have had to secure. So why werent all those moves put in place prior to this years election. So the former president has had robust security around him since he left office. More robust than prior former president s director roe jackson, richmond, Epoch Times he security been adjusted or increase following the florida attempted Assassination Attempt. After all, according to congressman matt gaetz, a Dhs Official has warned that there are five Assassination Teams targeting former President Trump the official warned that there isnt enough protection to deal with that level of threat. Are you aware of this assessment and what is the Secret Service doing to respond . So i will tell you as i as i mentioned earlier, we of course are evaluating coming out of West Palm Beach and were having those conversations with state and locals im not going to talk about unnamed sourcing or the report you you mentioned im not familiar with that and local Law Enforcement doesnt have the same training that Secret Service agents do. Will the Secret Service be training local Law Enforcement ahead of events as to prevent another butler so right now, we are actually having some very good discussions with the federal Law Enforcement Training Center about developing a curriculum to assist our state and local Parties Nurse and what ill say is some of the things that weve been talking about our state and local partners while i know people have said theyre not trained like the signal good service Men And Women of Law Enforcement protect our communities every day they, they understand how to handle a crisis situation. They understand how to respond to a violent felony in progress they know what their jobs are. We certainly when we ask them and enlist their assistance were relying on them so i think its important that we always tried to give back to them whether its through training or forensic support, or investigative support. And so one of the things that were contemplating now is partnering with the federal Law Enforcement Training Center to develop not only Law Enforcement guide but also develop a Training Curriculum through flexi with a cadre of Secret Service personnel to be able to train them in the principles of advanced and that will only help them when digging tears come to their district, or perhaps if theyre protecting a mayor or a locally elected official. So were all about giving back to them. Next month. Were going to unveil a guide on how to come up with a multidisciplinary threat assessment team. Thats going to be led by our national Threat Assessment Center so we are very, very in tune with what our state and local partners, how they support us, and were constantly evaluating what we can do to not only bolster those relationships, but give back to them. Thank you just ask you guys have really covered it. Im sorry. Im going to im going to im going to give you only get one the Associated Press going to go back to the line of sight issues and the roof issues. Can you just lay out very clearly . Who was responsible for security on those roofs . Was it the locals . What was the plan . And how did it fail . And then also secondly, you keep talking about a parent Paradigm Shift. But what does that mean . Can you detail what you mean by that . So with respect to the Hur Building and thats where youre going for, right . When we construct a site, not only were you worried about what who can get into a site, but also who can look into that site. So there should have been clearer direction about what we needed done at the Ajr Building. That that was discussed during the advance, but i think there was a lack of followthrough based on what . Based on the information i have now now im what im seeing. There should have been better follow through on in some aspects of that about Access Control to that property about Access Control to the Collateral Property of the Hur Building and so it was about not giving the state and locals clear direction on what we needed done with respect to the Paradigm Shift. This is about looking. At the organization holistically, for example, the Communications Issue communications were problematic. And i think what were im looking at is we need to have communications there are more closely aligned to the operations. And so coming out of July 13 what ive seen in the direction i gave is we have to be very, very efficient with where were putting our Security Rooms recently, i was on a visit where again, similar to butler where there was a unified Command Post just as there was in butler, there was one at this location. Were not only did you have Emergency Services and so far as fire life safety, but you had Emergency Management officials, you had the Highway Patrol and the State Police in that room. You had local Law Enforcement in that room. You had Secret Service agents in that Room Monitoring Frequencies Quincy and listening to what was going on on those state and local networks. In addition to that, the locals were flying a drone in proximity to the site that Drone Feed was being being team to into that unified Command Post on our agents had total Domain Awareness about what was going on also, they had traffic camps. Theyre able to pipe in those traffic cams into that unified i Command Post. That is the model by which our field they have taken this to heart. And those Special Agents in The Field are now having those conversations and they are directing exactly what we need and theyre posting are people exactly where we need to be so that when our protectees or in a sight, we have total awareness of whats going on around us, and we have total aware fairness of whats being communicated on those local networks if i could just Follow Up with one question down in West Palm Beach, the on the evening of the attempted assassination down there the local achieve i live with bradshaw had said that during when trump was president , there would have been a lot more security around the polls. Perimeter, but basically, now the Secret Service does the best that they can. Can you but you said that he has got the highest levels of security now, i mean, can you can compare and contrast like what, is it the same now as he would have been getting while he was the sitting president. So what ill say is the former president has the highest levels of secret Service Protection. And i think the sheriff actually went back and clarified his statements, so i would point you to that. I believe he did that on monday thank you, director wanted to ask about Sundays Incident as well is it your view . I know youve talked about the procedure is working as intended. Is it your view that there wasnt any type of Security Lapse that allowed that armed individual to get within a few hundred yards of the former president . Well, i can tell you is were looking at it from an afteraction report, looking at reviewing that but what i think it just goes to show is that thats why we have trials. Thats why we have systems out there. Thats why we have redundancies built into our protective model. And thats what was demonstrated on sunday and in terms of the report i mean, what specifically will be different on the ground now, for instance, are you mandating that Command Posts have both Secret Service and local Law Enforcement and then well enforcement have to communicate on the same frequencies. Are there any sort of practical changes that youve made that are in effect based on the report . Yes. So what security from location right. Being where local Law Enforcement is, right. The broad use of technical Security Assets, ballistic glass leveraging partnerships with the Department Of Defense do you to move materials, moved personnel across the country in support of a nominee. So those are things that weve been doing post july 14, and those are things that are going to probably be in existence in perpetuity moving forward also had a question about florida can you say whether theres any indication that this suspect might have surveilled Golf Courses anytime before sunday or what led him to choose that day to be there for maybe 12 hours so its an active investigation, so i would refer you to the fbi for that and can you say anything more about Golf Courses are sprawling open Places Anything that would be publicly visible that you could say they here is how we are beefing up protection when a protectee is on a Golf Course so again, are what ive said and ill continue to listen. I have to be very mindful of our of our techniques or tactics, and our procedures. It is probably not good to continuously not only talk about Secret Service procedures because were telegraphing to adversaries were telegraphing to people who probably would intend to do harm to our protectees but what i will tell you is that our model, our protective model consists of multiple layers and redundancies. The outer, the middle, the inner. Those are the layers. And then we have redundancies built into that. And so with respect to Golf Courses or any open venue. We apply those methodologies all right. Youre listening to the Acting Director of the Secret Service laying out the Time Line of what happened there on July 13 in butler, pennsylvania. And whats very clear from what he said is that the failure or at least one of the big failures happened well before the event with how what was planned by the advanced team of failure to adequately command and coordinate with local Law Enforcement ahead of time. And the day of and also then to communicate both the expectations ahead of time and the followup with them before the event. And then during critical moments as the situation and became a threat. And then it evolved the into something that obviously became very much an emergency in that Assassination Attempt that we saw. He said it wasnt a lack of resources, it was a failure to anticipate a possible well threat. And he said the real line of sight issues that were acknowledged, but they just werent addressed. He also talked about overreliance on mobile devices. He outlined a series of problems comes as he detailed a timeline of when the shooter was spotted that day and how the response from Law Enforcement and the Secret Service came about. More broadly, he talked about this being a pivotal moment in the history of the Secret Service, saying that we need to shift in paradigm because the Threat Level is evolving. He said there will be organizational changes. He described some tension right now within the agency talking about finite resources that are being stretched to the max right now, despite talking about applications for work in the Secret Service, being at an alltime high im talking about tripledigit hiring. Its clear that Secret Service is undergoing rapid change. Theres a lot to break down and discuss, so were going to take a quick break and when we come back well continue following this Breaking News from the secret Service Reaction to the Birth Mono warner the idea that this fictional Character Play april in politics is Bananas Tv on the edge, moments that shaped our culture premieres sunday at nine time on Cnn Recipes recipes written by hand, lost to time are now being analyzed and restored using the power of delhi they wont stop me. Thats because nothing beats election for the fastest non drowsy 24 Hour Allergy Relief shoes, Allegro Grid roses really something youd build over time its 21 mr. 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He is a retired Fbi Agent and zach, first you this idea of complacency as a Root Cause this, of what transpired on July 13th, both ahead of the event and during the event. I mean, it was rehnquist shocking to hear the man who is now the Acting Director of the Secret Service say that the force that is charged with protecting both the sitting president and Donald Trump, the former president , and potentially the future president the reason for these Security Failures that almost got Donald Trump killed was complacency. The fact that lulled into a false its security that things were missed. Protocol was breached because of complacency and frankly, that does line up with what he detailed afterwards he went through a series of failures that led up in the days leading up to July 13, and then also on the day of July 13, that ultimately led to the Secret Service and local police. Now not stopping this shooter, frankly, before he was able to get off shots. And i want to look at this idea of the venue, venue and concerns that were raised by the Secret Service to the Trump Campaign about the button her Farm Venue that was ultimately chosen. And this Ajr Building, the building where the shooter was ultimately perched on top of and did have a clear line of sight the Acting Director said that yes, the Secret Service was concerned about the venue this is a challenge and theyre also concerned specifically on the day of the rally about the potential line of sight, clear line of sight to Donald Trump from that rooftop . Ultimately, one of the things that really stuck out was this Communication Breakdown that happened once local police saw somebody on the roof, they radioed those concerns the, locals were using, but that concern never reached the us Secret Service. And in fact the conductor said that theyre on the phone trying to figure out what was going on when the shots actually rang saying out. So obviously by that point, it was far too late. Zach roe was also asked about this bill that unanimously went through the house and he didnt seem to think that it was going to create major lasting change right away. And it gets back to the Complacency Issue requires a Culture Change at the Secret Service, and Thats Something that i think drive to roe alluded to today as well, talking about a Paradigm Shift that has to happen at the Secret Service. And thats not something that can be motivated simply by more resources or more money. Now he did say that the secret Service Stretch incredibly thin from a Personnel Standpoint that they dont have enough people to carry out the mission at the rate and at the level that theyre doing. Now, you mentioned that both the president , Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris theres are all receiving that highest level of protection, that president ial level of security and obviously the sitting president received some additional resources from other agencies that are unique to present. Thats like classified Communication Systems that Air Support when theyre flying through restricted airspace. But from a Secret Service level, Acting Director wrote, made very clear that Donald Trump receives exactly we the same protection that President Biden does. And look, he didnt have a good answer for what additional resources or what that additional money are funding could, how that could help resolve the issues that were raised both in July 13 and also some of the issues that contributed to Sundays Incident at trumps Golf Course in florida. Juliette, how do you see this . Hes basically said that it stems from a very concerning issue of the Secret Service being satisfied with subpar performance was an incredible statement and so then just to sort of drill down on sort of the operational deficiencies that are clear here. I mean, the first is of course, the advanced team planning. Those of us who were on air or looking at in july, were looking at those pictures and say how the heck was that . Building . Not within the Security Perimeter and basically everyone who had been at that site understood that that building needed to be within the Security Perimeter so that it would be clear that the state and that the Secret Service would have to protect it. So i thought that that seemed to be the area where the director said people are now Secret Service agents are now under review and that that would have happened, you days before the second is Command And Control. So people. I think surprised during the first Assassination Attempt, how much the Secret Service works with state and locals. Its quite common. Think about the roads near an area where you have a president , you need state and local well assets the director said too much reliance on them, which seemed clear. The you had a lot of state and locals there that the Secret Service might have been the better Law Enforcement agency and secondly, it was not the Secret Services was not making it clear what the state and locals ought to do. And i think that confusion and who was in charge of that roof became clear as we learn more finally, third is just what we call situational awareness, which is in real time, did the secret Service And State and locals and everyone else know what was going on. It is clear people were picking up their phones and calling about a guy on a ruth. I have to tell you, ive done a lot of megaevent event planning. There are platforms that all of us use in which communication is direct. It is simple, it is. Theres a guy on the Roof And Everyone knows why people were picking up their phones may be that complacency that the director was talking about. So thats the three big operational takeaways from from the presser bobby, what stood out to you given what you heard from the Acting Director certainly what juliette just mentioned, i was in i was responsible for the fbis assets. I ran the Crisis Response Team in Los Angeles, so i drew up the plans for fbi assets and things like the Rose Bowl the oscars, the grammys, the golden globes, things like that. We always had and mega rb on milliondollar rb with every agency responsible that not included lapd but serve as la Fire Department sitting in our Command Post and we sitting in there which were adjacent to each other. I mean, this this lack of communication was hard to me and then surprise me quite frankly, because every time in my career i worked with the Secret Service while brushed elbows with amid events, they were always on it. They were almost to the point where we would say they were heavy Handed And Everybody did what . Secret service said whenever there was a president or former president involved, they were on it. What they say goes and we just hop two and we did whatever they needed us to do. So really surprises me. So i think that complacency was a part of this. Now, as far as being stretched thin, there were thousands of Secret Service agents not involve the protection at all doing electronic crimes, doing financial crimes, things its like that that grew out of the history of being in the Treasury Department. Thats what she reach of his started when they were transferred to homeland security, those functions may have better stay in Treasury Department Irc Cid hired a bunch more agents could be handling that stuff. They could rededicate a lot of their agents that are not doing protection to the Protection Function without even now hiring anybody knew their overseas agents, they can pull them back. Theres a lot of functions within the Secret Service that dont dont address protection and they need to maybe if he wants to shift that paradigm, maybe look at releasing some of those functions to others. And go in getting back to protection being the primary responsibility. But well have to see how this Paradigm Shift takes place. It is going to take some time and a lot of effort. Bobby. Thank you so much, juliette and zack. Thank you. Still ahead, Vice President Kamala Harris, shes on her way to Battleground Georgia and her focus is reproductive rights. After a new report revealed two deaths, theyre linked to the States Abortion im restrictions that were imposed after roe v. Wade was overturned were live from atlanta same deadlines sink most renovation. The project is three months past the deadline, but this is when allison is at her bets . I love it im just in awe. Windy City Rehab Season premiere tuesday at 8 00 on hdtv own everests after every fall what do you do . 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