Episode 1683 • • 41:46 - 47:33
1683: Rainbow of Rockets
Secret Service Failures, Butler Assassination Attempt Investigation
Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe's press conference regarding the Butler, Pennsylvania, shooting is analyzed. Rowe admitted that Secret Service personnel were not in the local command post and could not hear radio traffic about the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. The failure is blamed on a lack of a unified command structure and poor coordination with local law enforcement.