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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

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To: God luvs America

At the least, the kid could see with his drone which roof was empty to shoot from.


181 posted on 07/19/2024 6:22:16 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Captain Walker
"It's a safe bet that they spend 99% of their careers on monotonous grunt work (where, after a time, complacency is almost expected)"

And unfortunately, complacency kills.

182 posted on 07/19/2024 6:23:38 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: llevrok
the government said these attacks would never happen again

The government said no such thing...in fact, they were saying this : "Terrorists only have to get lucky once, while the Intel agencies have to be right 100% of the time" to prevent future acts of terror.

183 posted on 07/19/2024 6:25:46 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Sean in DTLA
They must all be exposed and held accountable.

"held accountable" is such a mild euphemism.

I would prefer to see public hangings for the perpetrators, broadcast on PPV television channels.

After arrests and fair trials and convictions of course.

184 posted on 07/19/2024 6:27:41 PM PDT by flamberge (The difference between wild conspiracy theory and proven fact is about six months.)
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To: politicket

It would be interesting to know who he may have been shooting with when he went to the gun range, if he ever had company, and if he had ever been to one outside the state.. wasn’t that Ohio mass shooter connected to an Antifa-linked Ohio gun club? Then there are others, like the very radical group of leftwing gun toting nuts in Portland.


185 posted on 07/19/2024 6:29:52 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: God luvs America

Better get all sorts of electronic antidrone anti-measures established.


186 posted on 07/19/2024 6:32:03 PM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: dforest

Neither do I. I think he went up a ladder.


187 posted on 07/19/2024 6:32:48 PM PDT by madison10
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To: AnthonySoprano
I don’t think Crooks knew the local Cop saw his feet.

Neither do I.

The TMX video of Crooks crawling up the roof does not show him turning and pointing his rifle at anyone.

My belief is that the cop just slipped as he was climbing up and made up a reason for it. Fail!

188 posted on 07/19/2024 6:33:12 PM PDT by flamberge (The difference between wild conspiracy theory and proven fact is about six months.)
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To: philippa

read it all - so disrespectful:

19 July: TribLive: Butler Eagle: Butler County airport authority denied Trump campaign request because of conflicting event
Donald Trump’s campaign reached out to local officials about holding a rally at Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport but had to find another venue after learning an event was already scheduled there for July 13, according to the Butler County Airport Authority’s chairman.

Instead, Trump held his rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds last Saturday...

Mike Walsh, chairman of the Butler County Airport Authority in Penn Township, said Trump’s campaign contacted the authority “about a month and a half ago” with a range of dates organizers were looking at to plan a rally for Trump in the county.

Walsh said that although Trump’s last Butler County rally — which took place at the airport on Oct. 31, 2020 — was well-organized, the airport already had an event scheduled for July 13, the Penn Township Volunteer Fire Company’s annual Mega Cruise.

“We discussed it at a meeting, and basically we knew Penn Township VFC was doing the car cruise,” Walsh said. “The VFC, they protect us; it’s one of their biggest fundraisers. We just couldn’t do it for (Trump’s campaign).”

Ken Laughlin, president of the Butler Farm Show board of directors, said the farm show granted the campaign’s request. According to Laughlin, the farm show board of directors had no involvement with the event, aside from acting as the venue...READ ALL
https://triblive.com/local/regional/butler-county-airport-authority-denied-trump-campaign-request-because-of-conflicting-event/


189 posted on 07/19/2024 6:33:56 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Jeff Chandler

“ Yeah, my money is on DEI incompetence.”
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My money is on INTENTIONAL official incompetence.

There are SO many things that are completely sus. When was Dr Jill’s Pittsburgh meeting initially planned and set up? AFTER Trump’s rally north of Pittsburgh was announced? More that just Secret Service needs to be looked into by INCORRUPTIBLE investigators.


190 posted on 07/19/2024 6:39:07 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: philippa

So what event was held at the airport on Saturday?


191 posted on 07/19/2024 6:42:07 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: chuckee
Seems he was better at doing DEI Cheatle’s job than she is?

Well, c'mon man, he was a he.

192 posted on 07/19/2024 6:42:13 PM PDT by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

If the cops were on the front side of the building he would have been positioned in their direction any. I don’t know where the cop was lifted up at...the front, side or back, do you?


193 posted on 07/19/2024 6:42:20 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: AnthonySoprano

The GOP is indeed a weak sister.


194 posted on 07/19/2024 6:42:33 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Fungi

I’m not a subscriber so I couldn’t read the whole thing although I was able to listen and thus get more than the small blurb printed on the webpage. He ran the drone the same day and a few days before the event. I don’t know what time he did it on Saturday.


195 posted on 07/19/2024 6:44:42 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: kiryandil

Drones are a game-changer in the 21st century.
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The SS should have a squadron of drones at the ready since it is the cheapest, most effective security for outside events of any kind. They could piggyback procurement on a military drone contract.


196 posted on 07/19/2024 6:44:50 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Once again, SQUIRREL! They don’t want anyone to dig deeper than Crooks. That’s what all of this crap has been all week.


197 posted on 07/19/2024 6:45:07 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: Bulwyf; humblegunner

Me, you, and humblegunner could have seen that that roof was a glaring threat, and could have climbed up on it, denying the shooter the roof. That the people in charge did not secure it, if only to the point of putting a man with a radio up there, is damning.


198 posted on 07/19/2024 6:45:43 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Sarah Barracuda

“and let’s not forget he had 3 foreign bank accounts..seriously, a 20 yr old with THREE foreign bank accounts..who was funding him”
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RE: the reported overseas encrypted accounts
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My sense is that “encrypted” often refers to communications (such as Proton mail, located in Switzerland) rather than bank accounts, although any data can be encrypted.

The article linked below says, “encrypted sites”, “encrypted platforms” that “Crooks used on his cellphone”, so I think it is encrypted email and/or texts —

<<>> Trump shooter searched for rally site photos, used encrypted platforms, sources say

“briefers [Secret Service and FBI, including Cheatle and Wray] told lawmakers they are still attempting to access three foreign encrypted platforms that Crooks used on his cellphone, multiple sources told CBS News. Sources said officials told lawmakers that the encrypted sites are presenting challenges to investigators and could take time to decrypt.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-shooter-searched-for-rally-site-photos-used-encrypted-platforms-sources-say/ar-BB1qfdwf


199 posted on 07/19/2024 6:45:55 PM PDT by deks (Deo duce, ferro comitante · God for guide, sword for companion)
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To: butterdezillion

Some kind of car show


200 posted on 07/19/2024 6:46:19 PM PDT by philippa
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