EXCLUSIVE — On Dec. 11, 2022, while receiving full-time protection from the StateDept's Diplomatic Security Service in regard to Iranian threats, a Trump administration official had two personal vehicles stolen from the driveway of his Virginia home.
Brian Hook, formerly the State Department's special representative for Iran, was in his residence while the thefts occurred. Three weeks later, one of those vehicles was used in a Jan. 3 rush-hour shooting in the Brightwood area of northern Washington, D.C. Two adults and an 8-year-old child were wounded in the shooting. One adult male was killed. The association between the car theft and the shooting has not previously been reported.
In the context of these threats, the car thefts at Hook's Fairfax County home are regarded by federal law enforcement officials as a major security failure. The Washington Examiner was able to confirm with the Fairfax County Police Department and the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia that one of Hook's vehicles was used in the shooting.
As the Washington Examiner has previously reported, the Diplomatic Security Service is under strain in relation to its heavy protective mission workload. The agency's criminal investigations have largely been sidelined in order to provide agents for protective details. Last December, numerous active and recently retired DSS personnel told the Washington Examiner that agents are exhausted and the protective mission near breaking point.
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