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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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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Stupidity is more likely than malice. My bet is they thought the snipers who actually took him out could cover that roof.

Guess not.


21 posted on 07/14/2024 11:31:02 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Inside job?

How does a lone gunmen crawl on a WHITE ROOF, on the ONLY HIGHGROUND VANTAGE POINT WITHIN 200 YARDS, and have time to take a shot?

How was that roof not covered?

How did the Secret Service sniper locate, set up, aim, and take out a shoot almost immediately?


22 posted on 07/14/2024 11:31:19 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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Before Search Warrants could be executed

23 posted on 07/14/2024 11:37:24 AM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Accomplices after the fact.


24 posted on 07/14/2024 11:37:28 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: Mr. K

I’m seeing that it was local SWAT sniper with ROEs not to shoot first.


25 posted on 07/14/2024 11:38:52 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: BenLurkin

It looked like all of them but 1 was guarded.


26 posted on 07/14/2024 11:42:43 AM PDT by pas
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
"Hunt might well have valid journalistic reasons for shutting down speculation about an inside job."

I think that's true. I'm sure she did. Maybe she was wise not to allow speculation.

However this possibility must be investigated, honestly, thoroughly, quickly, and, if possible, quietly so not to alarm people unnecessarily. One wonders if federal agencies can be trusted to do that and if it can be done without political interference.

27 posted on 07/14/2024 11:52:51 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America!--President Donald Trump, Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It seems to me that the Secret Service Agents immediately around President Trump behaved very well.


28 posted on 07/14/2024 11:56:06 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America!--President Donald Trump, Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024)
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To: Krosan
I believe every rooftop was unguarded.

Except the Secret Service sniper who killed the shooter ?
I thought I saw pictures of him on a rooftop with a rifle/machine gun on a support system. I understood he got a clean kill shot to the head of the shooter.
29 posted on 07/14/2024 12:01:46 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 ( The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: MtnClimber; cuban leaf

Kinda like Wile E. Coyote


30 posted on 07/14/2024 12:02:27 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Fight! Fight! Fight! God Bless America!--President Donald Trump, Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024)
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To: Mr. K

It’s not possible this wasn’t allowed.

It’s SS 101. He was visible and on the closest roof. This wasn’t a complex environment.


31 posted on 07/14/2024 12:45:46 PM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Savage Beast

Really? I think they took way too long getting to him , and when they finally did they were all bumbling around like “ummm now what do we do” and the way the shuffled off the stage was looked like they were all awkward and uncertain of their role.

But that’s just me.


32 posted on 07/14/2024 12:50:10 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: fuzzylogic

More than that, that building rooftop was the perfect spot for a sniper with direct line of sight to the stage.


33 posted on 07/14/2024 2:34:37 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Another piece of info:
"A local law enforcement officer climbed to the roof and found Crooks, who pointed the rifle at the officer. The officer then retreated down the ladder, and the gunman quickly fired toward Trump, the officials said. That’s when U.S. Secret Service gunmen shot him, the officials said."
Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-rally-assassination-attempt-db24c5bfbbe7d09fa2437c3c836bb434
34 posted on 07/14/2024 2:53:02 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

bttt


35 posted on 07/14/2024 8:14:36 PM PDT by angelsonmyside
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