[blueyon]

Oh my word, if this is true, this is a major failure in the Secret Service protocol.........you don't let the bad guy with a gun shot the President first - you take the threat out BEFORE they shot the President.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Okay, so don’t open fire. Can you at least warn the potential victim so he can get out of the way?

[gibsonguy]

Not a failure, a plan

[Steely Tom]

I wish I could get a GIF of that secret service guy being waved away from his position at the rear of JFK's limo.

He looks back at the person — presumably his boss — who's ordering him away, puts his hands out to either side in a "what the hell?" gesture, and backs away from his position.

[Fai Mao]

Maybe this explains why Bidog holds so few rallies. /S

[eeriegeno]

Ask Jack Kennedy what his thoughts are about that protocol?

Pure lunacy........

[Erik Latranyi]

But in Mar-a-Lago, they had full authority to use deadly force.

[old school]

Bongino just said on his radio show that this is Bullsh*t!

[2big2fail]

This can’t be true. Right????

[Jan_Sobieski]

Makes sense! You can’t just kill any old person for assassination if he doesn’t “assassinate” anyone!? What’s wrong with you people?!!

[Responsibility2nd]

but the biggest reason Trump’s life was put in danger is because rules of engagement prohibit snipers from engaging until the assassin shoots first.

 

I don't believe this is true. 

Are they saying if one (not me!) walked up to a president and pulled a gun they would not engage me? Till I fired first?

Or does this policy only extend to ex-presidents named Trump?

[CIB-173RDABN]

If true (and that is a big if) someone on the inside set this up.

[redgolum]

In other words, don’t fire until Trump is dead.

F them.

[Swirl]

Internet rumors are that the counter-sniper had the perp sighted but was denied permission to shoot. Then the SS man was immediately fired for making this info public. Need source.

[noiseman]

Maybe this is their chosen cover story: “We’re so incompetent, we couldn’t have possibly pulled off an insider plot to kill Trump.”

If so, they’re doing a bang-up job of making it believable. That Keystone Kops routine near the limo yesterday was epic. The three girls had no idea where they were or what they were supposed to do. On the other hand, though, leaving that rooftop completely unguarded just couldn’t have been an oversight. Even a group of mall cops tasked with creating a security plan would have figured that one out.

[Leep]

Did “Jo biden” just make up this rule?

[reasonisfaith]

But how much of what they’re telling us is part of the coverup?

[Wuli]

Yet. The Secret Service defensive snipers were able, in mere seconds, to identity the source of the shot by Mr Crooks?? Is that possible, without already having that rooftop as a target?? I am no sharp shooter no arms expert at all, so my questions come from not knowing expert answers, not that I know what those answers should be.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

I think its safe to say that if they see a person with a gun who is NOT a Secret Service agent, that person should be shot whether they have fired or not.

[Deo volente]

If that’s true... unforgivable. Director needs to resign and leadership needs a major shakeup.

[butlerweave]

so this guy Crooks could have had a Gatling Gun and they would wait ?