BUSH SNIPER ‘JOKE’ WENT TOO FAR: CBS
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NY Post ^
| 8/10/24 | Dan Kaplan
CRAIG Kilborn’s show is in hot water over an offensive George W. Bush joke last week. On
last Friday’s “The Late Late Show,” a graphic reading “Snipers Wanted” appeared briefly over a tape of Bush’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. The joke was part of the satiric “In the News” segment of the late night show. Yesterday, CBS and the show’s producers, David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants, apologized for the graphic
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Thomas Crooks pictured almost an hour before he shot Trump: Sniper identified gunman acting suspiciously checking his cell phone and a rangefinder at rally when they took photo
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daily mail ^
| 7/17/2024 | farrell
Security service officials had would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks on their radar for almost an hour before he shot Donald Trump, a new image reveals. A
photograph showing the 20-year-old sniper appearing to crawl on the ground while scouring the area was circulated to law enforcement as a suspicious sighting at 5:30pm the Butler, Pennsylvania rally on July 14. Around 6.10pm, Crooks took up a position on the slanted roof and shot at Trump from a distance of around 165 yards, wounding him in the ear and killing retired fire chief Corey Comperatore. Two more newly-released images also show a...
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Pro Sniper Calls Out Secret Service
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Jesse Waters ^
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This is one of the easiest shots...
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CNN Host Gets Triggered When Former Army Sniper Rep. Cory Mills Suggests the Assassination Attempt on Trump Could Have Been a Setup (VIDEO)
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Gateway Pundit ^
| 07/16/2024 | Cullen Linebarger
As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump was nearly assassinated Saturday night during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, by a 20-year-old Democrat donor named Thomas Matthew Crooks. Subsequent reports have revealed the numerous avoidable failures by the Secret Service to protect Trump and take out the gunman. Humiliating
footage of petite females struggling to cover the 45th president and escort him out of harm’s way has also emerged. Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), a former Army sniper and member of the 82nd Airborne Division and Joint Special Operations Command, was a guest Tuesday morning on CNN to discuss the aftermath...
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Veteran Whose Team Holds World Record for Long-Range Sniper Shots Claims Thomas Matthew Crooks May Have Had Inside Help
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The Gateway Pundit ^
| July 15, 2024 | Jim Hoft
Dallas Alexander, a veteran sniper whose team holds the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill, has suggested that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday night, may have had inside help. Alexander,
who spent 14 years in a sniper team for the Canadian military providing close protection for major world leaders including the Canadian Prime Minister, shared his views in an Instagram post. “I’m a retired sniper so because I’ve been asked so many times here’s my opinion on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump,”...
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Veteran Whose Team Holds World Record for Long-Range Sniper Shots Claims Thomas Matthew Crooks May Have Had Inside Help
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The Gateway Pundit ^
| July 15, 2024 | Jim Hoft
Dallas Alexander, a veteran sniper whose team holds the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill, has suggested that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday night, may have had inside help. Alexander,
who spent 14 years in a sniper team for the Canadian military providing close protection for major world leaders including the Canadian Prime Minister, shared his views in an Instagram post. “I’m a retired sniper so because I’ve been asked so many times here’s my opinion on the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump,”...
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Veteran Whose Team Holds World Record for Long-Range Sniper Shots Claims Thomas Matthew Crooks May Have Had Inside Help
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Dallas Alexander, a veteran sniper whose team holds the world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill, has suggested that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday night, may have had inside help. snip Alexander expressed his belief that the shooter
must have had assistance from within an agency, organization, or even the government. He argued that it would be impossible for someone to get onto a rooftop with a gun during broad daylight while a president was speaking without assistance. “I’m very familiar with the layout of these...
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Veteran who holds world record for longest confirmed sniper kill weighs in on Trump assassination attempt
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UK Daily Mail ^
| July 15 2024 | MELISSA KOENIG
A veteran whose team holds the world record for longest confirmed sniper kill claims Donald Trump's shooter 'had help' in his attempted assassination attempt. Dallas
Alexander, who spent 14 years in a sniper team for the Canadian military doing close protection for major world leaders including the Canadian prime minister, suggested in a video Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, who opened fire at the former president's rally Saturday night, may have had help from the inside. 'I'm very familiar with the layout of these types of things and what the job should be, and yesterday what happened,' he said.
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Former US Army sniper on Trump assassination attempt: 'One of the easiest shots' (video and transcript from Fox News Jesse Watters' show)
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foxnews.com ^
| Jesse Watters
Transcript from video (formatted by ChatGPT): Darkness Because They Will Stop at Nothing Jesse Watters: Let's bring in Florida Congressman and former U.S. Army sniper, Corey Mills. What kind of shot was this from 130 yards, Corey? Corey Mills: Look, at the end of the day, this is a shot your basic
training boot camp soldier is required to make within their nine weeks of training. This is one of the easiest shots; they train all the way up to 300 or 500 yards. The resident counter-sniper is not with the United States Army, but actually with the State Department,...
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Larry C. Johnson & former FBI HRT Sniper Chris Whitcomb on the Failed Assassination of Donald Trump
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Dialogue Works ^
| 7/14/2024 | Larry C. Johnson
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...
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Local cop confronted sniper Thomas Matthew Crooks before he shot former President Trump, saw he was armed but failed to stop him: report
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The New York Post ^
| 07/14/2024 | Alex Oliveira
Local police encountered attempted-assassin Thomas Crooks just moments before he tried to kill former president Donald Trump — but failed to stop the gunman despite the clear threat, according to a report. After
rallygoers spotted Crooks on the roof of a manufacturing plant just 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking just after 6 p.m. Tuesday, police were notified and one officer climbed a ladder to investigate, law enforcement officials said on the condition of anonymity. There the officer encountered Crooks, who pointed his AR-style rifle at them.The officer then backed down the ladder, and Crooks immediately took...
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US Army Sniper Breaks Down Trump Shooting
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You Tube ^
| 7 hours ago | Pastor Mark Driscoll
US Army Sniper Breaks Down Trump Shooting...
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Witnesses frantically tried to warn police of rifle-carrying sniper on roof before Trump assassination attempt
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NY Post ^
| Katherine Donlevy
Witnesses desperately tried to warn police that a rifle-toting sniper was crawling on a roof moments before gunfire erupted at the Trump rally Saturday. “You could clearly see him with a rifle,” the man, wearing a MAGA 2020 hat, told BBC News. “We’re pointing at him. The
police are down there running around on the ground. “We’re like, ‘Hey, man, this guy on the roof with a rifle.’ And the police were like, ‘Huh?’ They didn’t know what was going on.” The witness claimed he and his friends tried warning police for several minutes as Secret Service members watched on,...
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Unbelievable moment sniper shoots through a computer monitor to kill suspect holding two Bank of America workers hostage at knifepoint after making bomb threats (Florida)
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Daily Mail ^
| 6/10/24 | James Gordon
Incredible footage has been released of the moment a sheriff's sniper killed a suspect by shooting directly through a computer monitor. Sterling
Ramon Alavache was holding two Bank of America workers in Florida at knifepoint while claiming to have a bomb. Officers had already tried to get the would-be bank robber to surrender but instead Alavache decided instead to take two hostages. The 36-year-old then put one of them in a headlock and held a knife to her throat - and that's when a SWAT team's sheriff's sniper decided to end the siege. With remarkable precision, the bullet was fired...
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Sniper kills suspect wanted for allegedly shooting 6, including 3 Kenner officers
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WAFB Baton Rouge via MSN ^
| 04 29 2024 | Ken Daley, Maddie Kerth, Chris Joseph
A sniper from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT team ended a violent standoff when he shot and killed a gunman suspected of shooting six people this week, including three Kenner Police officers earlier Sunday (April 28). The
deceased suspect was identified as 31-year-old Matthew Lathers, who was wanted for an armed robbery committed last Tuesday in Kenner in which a 56-year-old victim was shot, and for shooting and wounding two men who made the mistake Sunday of stopping in front of the residence in which Lathers was hiding, in the 700 block of Farm Avenue, authorities said. The home...
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Deadliest Sniper In Marine History Dies At 75
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State of the Union ^
| Feb 22, 2024 | Claire O'Hare
Chuck Mawhinney, a Marine Corps veteran who became the deadliest sniper in that branch’s history during the Vietnam War with 103 confirmed and 216 probable kills, has died at age 75. Mawhinney
attended sniper scout school and was deployed to Vietnam in 1968, where he primarily used a Remington M40 rifle from 300-1,000 yards away. One legendary engagement saw Mawhinney kill 16 enemy soldiers crossing a river in a single volley of headshots on Valentine’s Day 1969, intimidating the rest to withdraw.
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Legendary Marine Scout Sniper Chuck Mawhinney dies at age 75
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MSN ^
| 2-15-24
Legendary U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sniper Charles Benjamin “Chuck” Mawhinney died at the age of 75 after an incredible life, both in the military and after. Mawhinney
is famous for over 100 confirmed kills as a sniper in Vietnam. “I’m just a simple person, and in Vietnam, I was just doing my job.” Mawhinney once said. His famous quote represents just how humble he was. Mawhinney worked for the U.S. Forest Service after his time in the Marines, retiring after 27 years, and for most of his life, no one knew just how legendary he was.
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World-Record Sniper Kill in Ukraine
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Gunpowder Magazine ^
| December 20, 2023 | Warren Gray
“An experimental weapon, with experimental ammunition…Let’s experiment.” — British actor Alan Rickman, Quigley Down Under, 1990. At
high noon on November 18, 2023, 58-year-old Vyacheslav Kovalskiy, a Ukrainian sniper assigned to the Sluzhba Bezpeky Ukrainy (Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU) Special Group “Alpha,” an elite, special operations, or SpetsNaz, unit, broke the existing world record for the longest confirmed sniper kill in history, at a mind-boggling 3,800 meters (2.36 miles!) near Kherson, Ukraine. The previous record was held by a Canadian JTF2 counterterrorist unit sniper in Iraq, at 3,540 meters (2.2 miles) in May 2017, with a McMillan TAC-50A1...
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Hamas Claims to make Sniper Rifles - False
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Forgotten Weapons ^
| 12/21/23 | Ian McCollum
The vide o by Hamas claiming to show them producing sniper rifles is examined by a firearms expert and found to be a video-lie
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Meet The Ukrainian Sniper Who Broke World Record After Killing Russian Soldier From 3.8 Km Away
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NDTV World ^
| 06 December 2023 | Anjali Thakur
Mr Kovalskiy waited for hours in freezing temperatures before he shot the targetThe Ukrainian sniper who killed a Russian soldier from a record 3.8 kilometres (around 2.3 miles) is a 58-year-old ex-businessman, Vyacheslav Kovalskiy. The shot by Mr. Kovalskiy, spanning 12,468 feet, covered a distance greater than that of two Brooklyn Bridges
in approximately 9 seconds, ultimately resulting in the death of the enemy soldier."I was thinking that Russians would now know that is what Ukrainians are capable of," the previously unidentified sniper told The Wall Street Journal in his first media interview."Let them sit at home and be afraid."The...
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