The United States Secret Service is in dire need of an overhaul that requires an outside leader, an infusion of agents and more training to protect the White House, an independent review has concluded. Homeland security secretary Jeh Johnson appointed the review panel after the September 19 intrusion by an Iraq war veteran with a knife who scaled the White House fence, sprinted across the lawn and got deep inside the mansion before an off-duty agent stopped him. That incident prompted the panels first recommendation of building a better fence as soon as possible. But the agencys problems, it noted, go deeper than a new fence can fix.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:34:56 +0000
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