US Secret Service needs overhaul, White House a better fence: review
December 19, 2014  03:36
The US Secret Service is in dire need of an overhaul that requires an outside leader, an infusion of agents and more training -- not to mention a better fence -- to protect the White House, an independent review concluded on Thursday.

An executive summary of the highly classified review revealed deep problems at the top of the Secret Service, which is charged with guarding the US president and other senior government officials.

"Some of the changes address isolated problems, with well-defined options to solve them, while others will require far more study by, we hope, a dynamic, new management team that will lead the Service into the future," the summary said.

The panel said the agency will also require more special agents and uniformed division personnel who work an "unsustainable number of hours."

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