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Critical Inspection of U.S. Security and Political Accountability

Secret Service Failures and the Need for Accountability

In recent disclosures, the Secret Service announced the suspension of six agents, ranging from 10 to 42 days, due to lapses in security related to the attempted assassination of the President last year in Butler. The incident revealed significant negligence, with some agents allowing an untrained teenager, armed with a rifle and scope, to come within 200 meters of the President on an exposed rooftop—a lapse described vividly by Kurt Schlichter, a senior columnist at TownHall.com.