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Secret Service Admits Major Communication Failures in Trump Assassination Attempt

Agency failed to integrate with local police, missing crucial warnings about the shooter

  • Secret Service had no agents in the local police command center during the attack.
  • Counter-snipers relied on text messages instead of radio communications.
  • Local police identified the shooter as early as 100 minutes before the attack.
  • Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe acknowledged the agency's failure and promised reforms.
  • The shooter fired eight shots, narrowly missing Trump, before being neutralized.
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