Overview

• The Government Accountability Office found that Secret Service leadership withheld classified threat warnings ten days before the July 13 Butler rally, hampering advance teams’ ability to secure the event.
• The report identified resource misallocation, training deficiencies and siloed communications as central factors in the preventable security breach.
• Six Secret Service agents were suspended without pay in February for their roles in the lapses that allowed the rooftop shooter to strike.
• The agency has executed 21 of nearly 50 reform recommendations from GAO and congressional investigations, including expanded drone surveillance, counter-drone measures and upgraded radio interoperability.
• Butler residents and lawmakers continue to demand deeper answers on shooter motives and coordination breakdowns despite ongoing reforms.