The Secret Service has failed at its core mission in a stunning manner. Investigations into the assassination attempt on former President Trump are just beginning, but we're already hearing some really lame excuses from federal officials. Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle's claim about the sloped roof being unsafe is one of the most dubious defenses I've ever heard for a federal failure. Ten years ago, the Secret Service was embroiled in a different disastrous failure. As the media reported then, "a man carrying a knife was able to get inside the front door of the White House on Friday night after jumping a fence and sprinting more than 70 yards across the North Lawn." One of the excuses at the time was underfunding, or a staffing shortage, as I discussed here.
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- The Secret Service has failed at its core mission in a stunning manner. 1
- Investigations into the assassination attempt on former President Trump 1
- Ten years ago the Secret Service was embroiled in a different disastrous 1
- If the administration uses that excuse this time it would not be very 1
- The chart shows the agencyʼs total outlays since 2000. The 2024 figure is 1
- 2024 dollars using the budget deflator. 1
- Secret Service real spending has grown from 2.34 billion in 2014 to 3.62 1
- Federal government failure is endemic and it is not for a lack of funding. I 2
