Secret Service failure at Trump rally exposes culture rot, staffing woes
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With the U.S. Secret Service facing heightened scrutiny, Fox News Digital looked into what the agency looks for in recruits and what sort of training they undergo.
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"The team I was once proud to be a part of is something I have to now somehow hide as I move into my next career," a USSS counter sniper reportedly wrote in an internal email last week, part of which was read by Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., during a congressional hearing on the assassination attempt. "Who wants to hire a USSS [counter sniper] who failed? That's the public perception I'm now faced with."
The counter sniper said the agency's motto is "CYA," or "cover your a--," and that "every supervisor is doing it right now."