Once again, the Secret Service is under political fire. Last week in New York, a special agent’s laptop was stolen. It held sensitive government documents, such as the floor plans to Trump Tower and information on the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. In Washington, on March 10, an intruder spent 15 minutes on White House grounds before being caught.

Both incidents are objectively concerning. Secret Service protocols demand that agents store their laptops in a safe location. They also assume that White House intruders will be quickly detained. While neither case was part of some coordinated plot, it’s not hard to think what might have occurred if things were different.