Secret Service Deputy Director Quinn to Leave Nov. 7

U.S. Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew C. Quinn announced October 16 that he is leaving the agency’s leadership post, with his resignation letter setting November 7, 2026, as his effective departure date. Quinn said he and Secret Service Director Sean Curran had been planning the transition for months and that he wanted to spend more time with his family. Quinn’s departure follows 18 months in the deputy director role. He returned to the agency in May 2025 after retiring in 2021, following a 23-year Secret Service career. Before returning, he worked for Fortem Technologies, which makes the DroneHunter counterdrone system. The timing comes amid questions raised by current and former agents about whether Quinn should have recused himself from agency decisions involving counterdrone procurement because of his prior work at Fortem. The supplied reporting does not establish whether he participated in those decisions or whether procurement concerns contributed to his departure. Quinn discussed the agency’s preparedness for drone-swarm threats in a television interview that aired October 11, saying the threat remained a challenge. The interview also featured a demonstration of...