Maybe you’re right. Maybe it’s incompetence. I dunno. This cnn article is pretty fascinating. Given it comes from a news source I don’t often read is fascinating too.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/25/politics/secret-service-morale-challenges
some quotes:
**** while protecting Biden at some recent event ****
One of those agents, who requested anonymity to speak freely, told CNN that the two-person team in charge of the summit location had a combined four years of field experience, translating on the ground to poor communication and a mishandling of resources. When the agents arrived, there was no pre-event briefing, there was no plan, there were no directions to where the agent was supposed to stand. And there was minimal communication until it was over.
The San Francisco episode highlights how the agency is wracked with low morale, burnout, staffing and retention issues, all of which, sources inside and outside the organization told CNN, are exacerbated by poor management at the top and mid-levels.
US Secret Service ranks 413 out of 459 government agencies and subcomponents on the list of Best Places to Work in the Federal Government….