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.