US Secret Service Missed 102 Warnings Before Trump Assassination Attempt in Pennsylvania
How 5 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.
First reported by Ynet · 12 hours ago
What happened
The US Secret Service failed to act on 102 warnings about Thomas Crooks, who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a July 2024 Pennsylvania rally. The agency also missed detecting a drone Crooks flew before the shooting. Following the report, the Secret Service accepted recommendations to improve security, and its head resigned, calling the incident a major operational failure. This was the first of three assassination attempts on Trump within months.
- 01US Secret Service missed 102 warnings about Trump shooter Thomas Crooks in July 2024.
- 02Crooks fired from a rooftop at a Pennsylvania rally and was killed by authorities.
- 03A drone flown by Crooks before the shooting went undetected due to untrained operator.
- 04Secret Service accepted Inspector General's recommendations to improve security.
- 05Former Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle resigned, citing a major operational failure.
- 06This was the first of three assassination attempts on Trump in a short period.
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