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Trump Gunman Flew Drone Over Rally Site Hours Before Attempted Assassination
WSJ ^ | 7/19/2024 | Sadie Gurman and Aruna Viswanatha

Posted on 07/19/2024 4:39:47 PM PDT by God luvs America

A gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump was able to fly a drone and get aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak there, law-enforcement officials briefed on the matter said, further underscoring the stunning security lapses ahead of Trump’s near assassination.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
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To: EnderWiggin1970
Crooks had a rifle and line of site, why complicate things?

Not seeking to complicate. Seeking the actual truth - whatever that may be.

I don't trust anything I hear from the FBI in terms of who did what or their ballistic tests.

The azimuth angles between the two spots (Crooks body and window) should give a pretty accurate representation of which angle could cause the death, injuries, and hydraulic line holes on the speaker lift.

If the angle of attack is clearly from the position of Crooks - then, yes, he was the shooter.

If the angle fits the window position clearly then he wasn't the shooter.

With all of those cameras - why isn't there footage of the actual shooting taking place...

Maybe somebody had it and gave it to the FBI without publishing to the web?

161 posted on 07/19/2024 6:02:32 PM PDT by politicket
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To: WildHighlander57

#47. It was removed.


162 posted on 07/19/2024 6:02:35 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump 2024)
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To: xzins

I heard the female that’s the butt of so much humor was DEA.


163 posted on 07/19/2024 6:02:49 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: God luvs America

I’m sure he had his FAA drone permit....


164 posted on 07/19/2024 6:03:25 PM PDT by llevrok (Say NO to a fourth Obama term!)
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To: All

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If you watch any of the Hearings with Biden’s people, they don’t admit to any reality.

Wray said that Antifa doesn’t exist - No such thing. And there’s many more examples.

When Strzok and Page were found to be conspiring to take down Trump - Wray said you are attacking the fine people of the FBi, and he actually played a hype video about them (the entire agency) preventing attacks and being the finest people on earth.

People thinking anything approaching the truth is going to be spoken haven’t been paying attention for years.


165 posted on 07/19/2024 6:04:03 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: popdonnelly
"This isn’t some sophisticated international plot, this was a 20 year old kid that did this.."

Ahh, it takes a sophisticated domestic plot to get you to believe it was a 20 year old kid who did it alone.

166 posted on 07/19/2024 6:04:41 PM PDT by Henchster (Free Republic - the BEST site on the web!)
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free

Bringing cash back on Air Force Two?


167 posted on 07/19/2024 6:04:46 PM PDT by clashfan (Eat vegetables. Don't elect them.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

This is a great point!


168 posted on 07/19/2024 6:05:20 PM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: Scrambler Bob

the FBI found a small drone in the gunman’s vehicle, about the size as the ones the Secret Service’s Counter-Surveillance Unit (CSU) sometimes deploys.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-trump-shooter-thomas-crooks-had-a-drone-why-didnt-the-secret-service


169 posted on 07/19/2024 6:05:28 PM PDT by Brown Deer
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To: God luvs America

The shooter thought to fly his own drone over the site to surveil it. Spent a few hours determining from the drone surveillance his best slope cover for taking the shots. Went into the fairgrounds to scope the layout for purposes of taking the shots. These are actions the secret service should have been taking in prep for the rally., Seems he was better at doing DEI Cheatle’s job than she is?


170 posted on 07/19/2024 6:05:34 PM PDT by chuckee
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To: Sarah Barracuda
this is why they want Cheatle to keep her flap shut

Cheatle, in terms of the security detail switch-out.

CIA in terms of the hit...

171 posted on 07/19/2024 6:05:37 PM PDT by politicket
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To: Leep

From the same mold as Lois Lerner.


172 posted on 07/19/2024 6:06:10 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Chgogal

Cheatle had previously been assigned to Dick Cheney at which time she and Liz became friends.


173 posted on 07/19/2024 6:06:41 PM PDT by clashfan (Eat vegetables. Don't elect them.)
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To: Diogenesis

Any link to the actual documents? Meme’s aren’t helpful.


174 posted on 07/19/2024 6:06:53 PM PDT by politicket
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To: WildHighlander57

It was re this =>


Secret Service spotted Trump rally shooter on roof 20 minutes before gunfire erupted

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4252197/posts


175 posted on 07/19/2024 6:07:02 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump 2024)
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To: God luvs America

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176 posted on 07/19/2024 6:12:26 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: Apparatchik

Starting to? I can smell the stench from Butler in Michigan


177 posted on 07/19/2024 6:14:23 PM PDT by madison10
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To: God luvs America

DJT NEEDS TO SHUT DOWN ALL RALLIES UNTIL HE STANDS UP HIS OWN PRIVATE SECURITY.


178 posted on 07/19/2024 6:15:30 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: hardspunned
If I have a cheap Chicom drone...

This is the stuff of nightmares for all security people.

The plain fact is that there is no current defense against such methods other than massive area jamming that screws up all other communications.

You cannot do this with "a cheap Chicom drone", but a mid-range commercial model is quite capable. The hard part is obtaining a small, light-weight charge of stable explosive.

This won't be credibly explained as a "lone wolf" operation if it happens.

It has already been tried in Venezuela, and failed only because the drone operators were unskilled. Nightmares for all!

179 posted on 07/19/2024 6:16:32 PM PDT by flamberge (The difference between wild conspiracy theory and proven fact is about six months.)
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To: God luvs America

SQUIRREL! Inside Job. At least two shooters. Jack Rubyed the patsy.
The “statements” that have been issued so far are ludicrous.
Where are Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell, and for that matter, Steve Scalise? In on it?


180 posted on 07/19/2024 6:19:46 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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