A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that the U.S. Secret Service failed to adequately address drone threats, despite numerous incidents occurring between 2015 and 2025. The agency updated policies in response to only 25 out of 83 security incidents, and crucially, did not document the rationale for not updating policies in many cases. This lack of documentation and policy adjustment may have contributed to the emerging threat landscape, including the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, where a drone was used to aid the attacker's positioning. The GAO recommended that the Secret Service revise its policy to require documentation of the reasoning behind not updating policies after security incidents. AI
RANK_REASON Government report detailing security failures of a major US agency. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]
- Barack Obama
- Bernie Sanders
- Diplomatic Security Service
- Donald Trump
- Nathan Tranquilli
- Secret Service
- United States Department of Homeland Security
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