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Former Director of the Secret Service, Commisioner Ralph Basham Gives Perspective on White House Intruder

Due to his extensive career with the Secret Service, Mr. Basham was asked to testify before the House Oversight Committee for Governement Reform regarding the recent White House security incidents. Commissioner Basham sat alongside current Secret Service director, Julia Pierson, as he gave insight from his near 40 year career with the agency and elite security companies:

"Among all of the qualities and values fundamental to the Secret Service culture, perhaps none is
more important to its success than that of intensive self-examination. This is an agency which
has never been reluctant to “red team” incidents – those of high consequence and those more
routine – to find opportunities for improvement in the way it conducts its business, the way it
trains its people, and the tools that it uses to accomplish its incredibly important mission"

 

Read his full testimony here.