Panel Urges Secret Service Reform

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Panel urges Secret Service overhaul in response to Trump shooting

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Independent panel calls for extensive changes to the Secret Service after an assassination attempt against former President Trump in July .

Panel says the agency's internal culture has become "bureaucratic, complacent and static" Without "fundamental reform," the panel warns, other attacks on the agency "can and will happen again" The report calls for a new director, drawn from outside the agency, to be put in place.

The panel's findings include calls for specific changes to how the agency handles large events.

Paul Eckloff , a 23-year veteran of the Secret Service , doubts the wisdom of seeking outside leadership.

He says requiring the agency to focus exclusively on its protective mission would be counterproductive.

The agency tries to limit the time agents are assigned directly to a protective detail to periods of five to eight years .

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