Among the more unsatisfying moments of the four-hour-long questioning of the Secret Service and FBI about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump were the , duh , questions they either would n’t or could n’t answer for the public. However, the rangefinders issue may provide all the information you need to know about the sense of urgency felt by the Secret Service following their fatal problems, which resulted in the deaths of Donald Trump, two other people who were seriously hurt, and two others who were shot and killed. Find available.  ,
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We found out in Tuesday’s evidence that the Key Service , turned down , a local law enforcement give to provide a helicopter for game. What makes that possible? The “answer” for why local law enforcement and the Secret Service could n’t talk to one another was just as vague and unsatisfying. Or, wear this one on for dimension: Secret Service groups were to busy texting details, taking their eyes off the crowd, to pick up the phone or radio and dialing the communications men to switch information.
Ronald Rowe, the acting Secret Service director, said,” That conversation needs to go over the internet. It was great that there was a word chain. Everyone should have contextual attention by broadcasting it on a radio station. He added,” I want people using the radio” . , But, of course, there were no comms between the locals and the feds. Another naive and fatal mistake.  ,
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We still do n’t have a definitive answer about why , none , of , the teams of local law enforcement tasked with being on the roof of the AGR building had been called off. During Tuesday’s evidence, Rowe said the personnel were of looking around for the wary personality who had been spotted carrying a prism. The violent 20-year-old Thomas Crooks was the subject of that frightful character. Through a more in-depth timetable, we learned that there were at least 30 hours between when law enforcement first observed Crooks fire. Before the Secret Service sniper took him out, he got eight pictures. Eight pictures. The FBI is also determining the location of the shooting.
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Rowe said , they were watching many cautious characters , that morning.  ,
Suspicious characters, however, do n’t rise to the level of immediate threats—even when they’re spotted with golf rangefinders. Why would a light prism be required for a Trump event? Was the Secret Service’s sensitivity being tested by Crooks?  ,
Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee was gobsmacked.
After receiving numerous reports of a” suspicious person” using a prism, the Secret Service finally allow Trump take the stage 17 minutes later.
After local law enforcement discovered that Crooks had a gun, they continued to remove him from the stage. Perhaps this was that…
— Mike Lee ( @BasedMikeLee ) July 30, 2024
According to the report, Crooks was permitted to carry it through the magnetometers before leaving the boundary to place himself on the unread roof, which had been abandoned by teams who had been ordered to search for him after leaving their posts.  ,
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Rowe testified that these fatal mistakes were a “failure of mind” and a “failure to challenge our conclusions” . ,
And we know where that starts. How’s this for loss of mind and beliefs: the Secret Service has yet to boycott rangefinders from situations. No, actually.  ,
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During a doubting by Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton, we learned that snippet.  ,
Cotton: Mr. Rowe we found out that the gunman had on him a golf range finder. That was n’t included in the list of items that were prohibited.  ,
Rowe: Now it is not on the list of prohibited items but we’re going to create that change, Senator.  ,
How’s lil’ ol’ me asking,  , why have you not done this already? Secret Service Acting Director ‘ It’s a Process, Senator ‘ Rowe had, with a pencil and a cellphone, make that shift.  ,
Cotton continued:  ,
Cotton: John Kennedy ca n’t get into the LSU football game with a flask. You do n’t need a rangefinder at a place like this, it just seems logical. And it appears that the exercise was merely a case of common feeling. Are police officers not given the authority to suggest with common sense that a man who has a light rangefinder may be detained to stop and ask why he’s carrying it around?
One, yet the front-line lowest-level most young officer, should be able to say we need to stop all until we can find out what the hell is happening if a building like this is not secured 150 meters away.  ,
Rowe assured Cotton that they are capable of using common sense.  ,
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If the junior-level users are taking their indicators on thoughts, beliefs, and common impression from the brass, next that’s a major concern.  ,
