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Larry C. Johnson & former FBI HRT Sniper Chris Whitcomb on the Failed Assassination of Donald Trump
Dialogue Works ^ | 7/14/2024 | Larry C. Johnson

Posted on 07/14/2024 8:58:34 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear

This is a thorough and thoughtful discussion on the assassination attempt on Trump. The discussion is between two ex-Military one of whom is a trained and field hardened sniper.

The video is an hour, but the key takeaways are:

1) The snaps that are heard when Trump is hit are the sonic booms from the bullets passing by the mic and not the gun shots

2) The delay in the snipers' shooting the assassin could be attributed to three things:
o The time it takes to acquire target through a sniper scope which has a very small field of view
o Not knowing if the sniper was a friend or foe, i.e. could have been a local officer placed on the roof
o Delay in communicating information provided by crowd to the snipers via multiple lines of communication

They are not certain, but believe the assassin got off shots before being killed more from incompetence than a conspiracy. They also believe the key failures were associated with not securing the roof or identifying the assassin as he walked to the building and ascended to the roof.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassination; chriswhitcomb; communistpropaganda; johnsonisaliar; johnsonisaphony; larrycjohnson; larryjohnson; secretservice; snipers; trump
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A good discussion of the attempt on Trump's life from military experts including a trained sniper.
1 posted on 07/14/2024 8:58:34 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Also there’s the angle of all the people who called out the shooter to the police, who did nothing.


2 posted on 07/14/2024 9:01:47 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

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If you’re figuring out Friend or Foe after the shooting starts, your Target is Dead.

Trump turned his head or he’d be Dead.

Excuses


3 posted on 07/14/2024 9:03:19 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Impeachment Inquiry is necessary since Deep State is blocking )
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To: AnthonySoprano
The expert in the discussion is a sniper and he seems to be at least partially trying to exonerate the snipers.

Still, it puts a lot more weight on the folks who screwed up by not putting someone on the roof ahead of time, and not identifying the assassin as he walked from his van across a very large field to a ladder in an alcove that only someone who had placed it there before would have known the location of.

4 posted on 07/14/2024 9:08:25 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

The Secret Service Agent in charge who failed to use his own personnel or local law enforcement to secure those buildings, which were in the risk assessment identified as problematic, will have to answer under oath before Congress for his actions.


5 posted on 07/14/2024 9:09:06 PM PDT by allendale
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

and, if SS were diverted to Dr. Jill, there’s this:

Dr. Jill’s THIRD visit to Pittsburgh this summer!

13 July: CBS: First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and former President Donald Trump campaigning in Pittsburgh today
By Chilekasi Adele
The former president will be campaigning in Butler County today - holding a rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds. That will be at 5 p.m. on Evans City Road in Butler...

Then, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will be in Pittsburgh with the White House announcing on Wednesday she will speak at an Italian Sons and Daughters dinner. That will also be at 5 p.m...

***This marks the First Lady’s ***THIRD visit to Pittsburgh this summer...

Meanwhile, away from Pittsburgh, Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Philadelphia, as well...
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/first-lady-dr-jill-biden-and-former-president-donald-trump-campaigning-in-pittsburgh-today/


6 posted on 07/14/2024 9:09:25 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: coloradan
Supposedly the rules of engagement would have meant that the local officers would have had to contact a specific liaison within the secret service. That person would have contacted the head of the SS detail. That person would contact the snipers.

That whole sequence could have taken a couple of minutes.

7 posted on 07/14/2024 9:10:36 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: allendale
Much of the failure of the Bush administration to respond quickly to Katrina was because FEMA had just been put under the DHS and was retraining for terrorist acts rather than their key assignment of natural disasters.

Putting Secret Service under DHS seems to have led to similar lapses in competence and judgment.

8 posted on 07/14/2024 9:13:32 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

I wonder why no one was manned atop the water tower, maybe 100 yards away???

That is the highest view/vantage point in the area, not counting building’s to the west

I mean it effin looks right over the was/were perch

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1812697235773092107

This is inexplicable and not forgivable for anything other than this was planned


9 posted on 07/14/2024 9:14:24 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: coloradan

Also, there’s the angle, how did the assassin know that the most obvious sniper perch was unguarded?


10 posted on 07/14/2024 9:15:23 PM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump)
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To: MAGAthon

Lady MacBeth is gonna need extra strength had cleaner.


11 posted on 07/14/2024 9:15:31 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: HIDEK6

Evidently there was a ladder in an alcove. Either he or an accomplice put it there beforehand. If the ground crew had been thorough, they would have seen that ladder and removed it. Either that, or posted someone there to see who used it.


12 posted on 07/14/2024 9:16:58 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: MAGAthon

and when did the Biden’s announce Dr. Jill’s visit?

11 July: Yahoo: Pennsylvania Capital-Star: Jill Biden coming to Pittsburgh on Saturday to attend Italian Sons and Daughters of America dinner
by Kim Lyons
First lady Jill Biden will be in Pittsburgh on Saturday to attend an Italian Sons and Daughters of America dinner, the White House announced Wednesday (10 July)...
https://news.yahoo.com/news/jill-biden-coming-pittsburgh-saturday-153648880.html

was this an Italian mafia dinner? lol. read the article for more details on all visits to Pittsburgh.


13 posted on 07/14/2024 9:17:50 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Vendome
The more info that comes up, the more it looks like someone higher up created a situation where the people on the ground were expected to fail.

I'm not going to consider the snipers or near-in support people as being part of any conspiracy, but it's looking more and more like Mayorkas tried to get his revenge for his attempted impeachment.

14 posted on 07/14/2024 9:19:44 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

” only someone who had placed it there before would have known the location of.”

Right. This kid was not local. How did he know there was a ladder there? Did he scope the site out in advance? Or did he have help? I don’t have a beef with the sniper, unless he saw the shooter before he fired and did nothing.


15 posted on 07/14/2024 9:20:45 PM PDT by rxh4n1 ( )
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To: MAGAthon

If Jill hired the mob, then this action was as successful as when JFK got the mafia to try and off Castro.


16 posted on 07/14/2024 9:22:25 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: rxh4n1
The most innocent explanation is that the ladder was permanently placed there by a maintenance crew who had to regularly use it.

Even then, the ground crew should have removed it, used it to put someone on the roof, or watched it from a hiding spot to see who used it.

17 posted on 07/14/2024 9:24:52 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (Kafka was an optimist.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
The expert in the discussion is a sniper and he seems to be at least partially trying to exonerate the snipers.

He's the most confident and authoritative expert I have heard yet. He would not be drawn out on whether it was conspiracy or mere incompetence that the shooter had easy access to the factory roof only 140 yards from Trump.

But that is one thing everyone agrees one - that the shooter was in the position he was, was a MAJOR breakdown in Secret Service protection.

18 posted on 07/14/2024 9:26:08 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

And remember, post 9/11, when DHS was formed it was supposed to be an administrative entity, where representatives from all the 3-letter agencies would deconflict concurrent investigations. And develop a protocol to continue the investigations.

Prevent agencies from withholding information


19 posted on 07/14/2024 9:28:52 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

Not knowing if the sniper was a friend or foe, i.e. could have been a local officer placed on the roof

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Dang, that is one compelling reason to secure the rooftop in the first place!


20 posted on 07/14/2024 9:29:29 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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