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Secret Service Director Gives Bizarre Reason Why An Agent Wasn't On The Roof Where Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks Opened Fire On Trump As She Rejects Calls To Resign
DAILY MAIL ^ | 07/16/24 | Geoff Earl

Posted on 07/16/2024 8:04:02 AM PDT by Enlightened1

Embattled Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle has revealed the fateful reason why her agency failed to position an agent on top of the building that a gunman used to carry out an assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

Cheatle, who is already facing calls to resign over what some lawmakers are calling a massive security failure, said Secret Service officials planning security for Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania considered the warehouse about 150 yards away from where Trump spoke to be a risky position for stationing an agent.

'That building in particular has a sloped roof at its highest point. And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof,' she told ABC News in an interview Tuesday.

'And so, you know, the decision was made to secure the building, from inside.'

What transpired instead was a security nightmare: Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to scale the building and secure his own position, while law enforcement struggled to locate him even amid pressing warnings from members of the Trump crowd. But there wasn't sufficient time to act on the tips, she explalined.

'The shooter was actually identified as a potential person of suspicion,' Cheatle said. 'Unfortunately, with the rapid succession of how things unfolded, by the time that individual was eventually located, they were on the rooftop and were able to fire off at the former president.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: cheatle; director; excuses; j13; kimberlycheatle; kimcheatle; noslope; outsidetheperimeter; roof; secretservice; slanted; slopedroof; thomasmatthewcrooks
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To: Enlightened1

1) “fire off” at the president? do people actually say that? wouldn’t it be “fire at” Do shooters fire off at things. I never “fire off” at a deer or anything.

2) the building was a nearly flat sheet metal pole barn type. about the safest and lowest slope roof next to a flat roof you can halve in that part of the country.

3) the counter sniper guys were on a much much steeper roof than the perp.


61 posted on 07/16/2024 8:23:06 AM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: vetvetdoug
They, the ss advance team, has not ignored such hides since the 60's.

When I go to protests at the capitol, there are always snipers on high roofs overlooking.

They are always there.

This was a special case.

62 posted on 07/16/2024 8:23:10 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma deuce)
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To: Enlightened1

Were the other snipers women who cannot walk on slightly sloped roofs? Ain’t Affirmative Action wonderful.

If the buck stops here, why are you at work today?


63 posted on 07/16/2024 8:23:16 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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To: Enlightened1

1) “fire off” at the president? do people actually say that? wouldn’t it be “fire at” Do shooters fire off at things. I never “fire off” at a deer or anything.

2) the building was a nearly flat sheet metal pole barn type. about the safest and lowest slope roof next to a flat roof you can halve in that part of the country.

3) the counter sniper guys were on a much much steeper roof than the perp.


64 posted on 07/16/2024 8:23:22 AM PDT by pghbjugop
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To: 1Old Pro

It’s not incompetence. Any 12-year-old off the street, with no training whatsoever, knows you have to guard the rooftops.

This is deliberate, and she should immediately be taken into custody under charges of manslaughter.


65 posted on 07/16/2024 8:23:33 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Enlightened1

‘Could’ve Been INSIDE Job’ | Security Expert Doubles Down On Trump Shooting Suspicion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgPk4ZyeVfE


66 posted on 07/16/2024 8:23:59 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: butterdezillion

I think this was a Sirhan-Sirhan planned out episode. Kid was fed info which site would be best, and a clean-up crew would ensure he was shot before he came off the roof.


67 posted on 07/16/2024 8:24:07 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: 1Old Pro

Or fly the “Appeal to Heaven” flag like Ginny Thomas.

Oh wait, that’s terrorism.


68 posted on 07/16/2024 8:24:42 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: TexasFreeper2009

There are a thousand different ways the Deep State could attempt an assassination of President Trump.

This was one way.

The Secret Service made the shot as easy as possible and bought as much time as possible for the assassin.

It was a true miracle that President Trump was not killed.


69 posted on 07/16/2024 8:24:52 AM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Way too much BS to unpack it all at this point..

I suppose it is perfectly reasonable to NOT put an SS on that roof..
It is an extreme danger to be on a roof like that in HEELS...

But.. WHY was there NO agent/ Spotter/ Guy paid minimum wage with a set of binoculars and a walkie talkie.
On the water tower?

Was it too high and a “safety” thing too?


70 posted on 07/16/2024 8:24:53 AM PDT by uranium penguin
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To: fremont_steve

Yes it does! Any potential sniper was required to check with the agents inside the building before climbing onto sloped roof. Too bad the official Sniper Check in Sign was not back from the printer…..


71 posted on 07/16/2024 8:25:20 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Enlightened1

She lies.

The slope of the roof where Police snipers were is far greater than slope of roof where Crooks was.

Lie.

All Dems lie, as do their gov appointees.....


72 posted on 07/16/2024 8:25:23 AM PDT by Arlis
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To: Enlightened1

And why do we have a head of the SS who came from some sort of security position at Pepsi Cola? With its highly specialized mission, looks like the SS should definitely be an organization that promotes from within to fill its top positions.


73 posted on 07/16/2024 8:25:36 AM PDT by Will88 ((The only people opposing voter ID are those benefiting from voter fraud.))
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To: FatherofFive
They thought they could do even better than the JFK assassination.

The perp was to die immediately eliminating the need for a Jack Ruby that had to be discarded later due to "cancer".

Bitch, you missed! ~Tom McDonald.

74 posted on 07/16/2024 8:25:47 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (The yoke of government must be kept light if Freedom is to Prevail.)
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To: HombreSecreto

Yeah, that’s better because - for one thing - if it was treason it could go to a Gitmo tribunal rather than getting buried at the feet of Merrick Garland.


75 posted on 07/16/2024 8:25:59 AM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: Enlightened1
Related threads:
76 posted on 07/16/2024 8:26:08 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: Fai Mao
D- Diabolical
E- Evil
I- Intentional
77 posted on 07/16/2024 8:26:19 AM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: Enlightened1

Maybe the SS should recruit some roofers from the Midwest instead of fat chicks and beta boys.


78 posted on 07/16/2024 8:26:41 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

More like a 2/12 pitch!


79 posted on 07/16/2024 8:26:41 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (The yoke of government must be kept light if Freedom is to Prevail.)
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To: Will88
And why do we have a head of the SS who came from some sort of security position at Pepsi Cola?

Jill wanted her, she was once a SS gal on Jill's team. She was great at telling Jill how great she looked.

80 posted on 07/16/2024 8:26:51 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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