Issues with a host of communications and technical difficulties with drone capabilities plagued the U.S.Secret Service at the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where an assassin took a shot at former President Donald Trump, according to a new report released Friday by the agency.The Secret Service said it failed to secure the line of sight to the former president, by not securing the roof of the AGR building near the Butler Fair Grounds and law enforcement did not communicate to all personnel involved that there was a threat to the former president, the report said.The report also revealed there was no discussion with the Secret Service advance staff about positioning a local sniper team on top of the AGR roof and the "lack of due diligence" in the construction of the secure perimeter should have been focused on more acutely.MORE: At least 5 Secret Service officials involved in planning Trump's Butler rally put on administrative duty"It's important that we hold ourselves accountable for the failures of July 13, and that we use the lessons learned to make sure that we do not have another failure like this," U.S.
Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said Friday.The report was an effort from the Secret Service to be transparent about the failures that occurred on July 13, when Thomas Matthew Crooks allegedly climbed on top of a neighboring building and opened fire on Trump, striking him in the ear before being killed by a Secret Service sniper."We're in a pivotal moment in the history of the Secret Service, and at a pivotal moment in history of our country, and I've directed that the Secret Service embark on a significant paradigm shift that will redefine how we conduct protective operations," Rowe said Friday."What occurred on Sunday demonstrates that the threat environment in which the Secret Service operates is tremendous and under constant threat, and we've been in this heightened and increasingly dynamic threat environment since July 13.""A consistent theme gathered...