Secret Service on Trump shooting reveals staffing crisis, untrained agents

As fingers are pointed at the Secret Service director, new whistleblower allegations are shedding light on the depth of dysfunction within the service. Experts tell ztm that these failings are a symptom of an 'agency in crisis' after decades of understaffing and corrupt promotion and hiring practices. Tristan Leavitt, who ran a year-long investigation into the Secret Service for the GOP Oversight Committee in 2015, told (http://DailyMail.com)ztm it was likely that Cheatle was promoted due to her close relationship with the Bidens. 'It is pretty standard,' he said, 'directors have typically come from within, so if you're going to pick someone from within, you're going to pick someone you have a good relationship with.' The danger, Leavitt says, is that personal connection is 'not a great basis on which to select someone'.