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CNN's Hunt Notes 'Massive Failure' by Secret Service—But Silences Talk of Possible 'Inside Job'
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 07/14/2024 10:52:21 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

On CNN this morning, host Kasie Hunt described the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in blunt, truthful terms as:

"A massive failure by the Secret Service."

Moments later, when panelist Elliott Williams, in the context of a discussion of unverified information on social media, made mention of people floating the notion of an "inside job," Hunt shut him down, saying:

"We don't want to get into that."

Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

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1 posted on 07/14/2024 10:52:21 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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2 posted on 07/14/2024 10:53:01 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Sputnik
@SputnikInt

‘Trump’s life was saved by a miracle, not by his security’ — Russian Spetsnaz veteran

It appears that the people responsible for Trump’s safety dropped the ball judging by the circumstances of the recent assassination attempt, Alexey Filatov, retired lieutenant colonel of the Russian Federal Security Service and veteran counterterrorism specialist, told Sputnik.

While Trump’s security at the rally was provided by three groups – his bodyguards, local police and the Secret Service – it appears that there was no proper communication between them, Filatov, who previously interacted US security services personnel, notes.

Meanwhile, the perpetrator managed to somehow get on a rooftop only about 150 yards (137 meters) away from Trump, a distance where it is “fairly easy” to hit a target the size of a human head using “not even a sniper rifle but a usual automatic rifle with good sights,” Filatov remarks.

“It would be safe to say that the security performed extremely poorly,” he says, noting that for some reason, law enforcement and security personnel did not bother to secure all nearby rooftops in the vicinity.

“You could say that this terrorist act or, shall we say, assassination attempt, it was successful. Donald Trump’s life was saved by a miracle rather than by his security,” Filatov adds.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1812455924843389306


3 posted on 07/14/2024 10:56:33 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (3+ years! That is the longest, the U.S.A. has ever gone without a real president!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How is it the shooter knew which rooftop was going to be left unguarded?


4 posted on 07/14/2024 10:59:53 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The interesting bit is the light shined on the SS.

Shining lights on things can be a healthy process if done well.


5 posted on 07/14/2024 11:06:30 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
After all the rallies indoors and out, that this man has held over all these years, and with the massive number of people who have attended each and every one of them, that something like this should happen within a day of the Republican National Convention kicking off, is not a coincidence. There is no such thing as coincidences.

And the fact that the FBI asked to use deadly physical force at Mar-a-lago had the chance arisen, speaks loudly here. These people clearly have murder on their mind. It's their one last hope to get rid of the man once and for all.

6 posted on 07/14/2024 11:07:22 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

People told the Secret Service and the cops two to three minutes before the shots were taken at Trump that there was a guy with a gun on the roof of that building. None of them did anything about it.

The snipers on the roof of the building near Trump you can see in the background of some video angles were looking right in the direction of that guy, yet, they did nothing before he took the shots and 16 seconds after taking his first shot.


7 posted on 07/14/2024 11:09:41 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Massive failure is an understatement

Dear Lying Media scum

Please explain why a roof top, with ladder access, 150 yards from one top 20 highest value targets in the world, which had clear line of sight to both the stage and the egress route to the exit car, we left unguarded and uncovered?

That is, at the very least, pure reckless incompetence verging on the criminal.


8 posted on 07/14/2024 11:10:35 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: BenLurkin

The SS reports to Homeland Security who reports to you know who.


9 posted on 07/14/2024 11:12:13 AM PDT by sasquatch (Do NOT forget Ashli Babbit! c/o piytar)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Was the JFK assassination an inside job?

This youtube video might shed some light.

jfk stand down by secret-service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEX2VqBe3xE


10 posted on 07/14/2024 11:15:08 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: BenLurkin

“How is it the shooter knew which rooftop was going to be left unguarded?”

Probably because it was the FBI that put him up to it.


11 posted on 07/14/2024 11:15:42 AM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: BenLurkin

I believe every rooftop was unguarded.


12 posted on 07/14/2024 11:16:01 AM PDT by Krosan
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Two impeachments that failed to remove Trump, fake lawsuits, numerous fake criminal charges and prosecutions, failed assassination attempt. Yep probably all coincidences.


13 posted on 07/14/2024 11:16:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Eyewitness believes there was a ‘noticeable’ difference in security at Trump’s rally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSpsBgYn-uM


14 posted on 07/14/2024 11:17:32 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It was either gross incompetence or inside job. Pick one.

That is, unless someone can come up with a different plausible explanation.


15 posted on 07/14/2024 11:21:47 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: Grampa Dave

What I find interesting is that whenever the left tries to “get Trump”, it always backfires. i.e. as usual, he’s stronger than ever.


16 posted on 07/14/2024 11:23:01 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: EastTexasTraveler

Because it was the only rooftop in range. Which is even more remarkable that the SS could not take a look over there and see the threat.


17 posted on 07/14/2024 11:24:35 AM PDT by omni-scientist
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

When the President wants peace but the Deep State wants war, guess what happens? ( see JFK/Oswald, Trump/Crooks).

But you all know that. Not like we haven’t been here before.


18 posted on 07/14/2024 11:28:06 AM PDT by RAldrich
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

He didn’t deny it. He just “didn’t want to get into it.”


19 posted on 07/14/2024 11:29:04 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

How did the assassin know the best sniper perch was unguarded?

That is not explained by Secret Service incompetence.


20 posted on 07/14/2024 11:29:21 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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