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‘Massive security breach’: Secret Service under scrutiny after gunman got clear shot at Trump

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...yea, says one local news reporter based on her unnamed sources.

Channel 11′s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man on a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person. We have learned from our sources the person in that picture is Thomas Crooks. We’re told it’s not clear if Crooks had a gun with him at that point.
A call-in of a suspicious person on a roof seems like something that could be verified, regardless of whether the source was anonymous or not.
 
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Channel 11′s Nicole Ford confirmed that Beaver County’s ESU team had eight members at the rally, including snipers and spotters. According to Ford’s sources, one of them noticed a suspicious man on a roof near the rally at 5:45 p.m., called it in and took a picture of the person. We have learned from our sources the person in that picture is Thomas Crooks. We’re told it’s not clear if Crooks had a gun with him at that point.
A call-in of a suspicious person on a roof seems like something that could be verified, regardless of whether the source was anonymous or not.

I agree....and maybe the information is true...but I'll wait for additional verification of the reported time. Either way, 30 mins or 2 mins is enough time for police officer to sound the alarm.
 
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Local police who were assigned by the Secret Service to help spot threats in the crowd at Donald Trump’s rally Saturday were inside the building where a gunman had positioned himself on the roof to shoot at the former president, according to a Secret Service official briefed on the incident.

From inside the Agr International building, they spotted a man acting furtively, walking back and forth around the building with some gear, and radioed a Secret Service command post to alert them, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the ongoing investigation.

The Secret Service official said the sniper team inside the building was from Beaver County, which neighbors Butler County, where Saturday’s rally took place. Local authorities said it was common for SWAT teams in nearby counties to supplement security for large events throughout western Pennsylvania.

 
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Now the Director of the Secret Service is claiming the reason no one was on the roof of that building is because the roof was sloped:

“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,” Cheatle said.
The building in question:

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Here's the slope of the roof the counter-snipers were on.

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Do they think we're stupid?

:rolleyes:
 
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You see, they will try to bomb trump, shoot his plane down etc and blame it on Iran . They are setting up the propaganda for that. It’s how they operate. I am so sick of it


Trump assassination attempt live updates: U.S. learned of Iranian plot to kill Trump weeks before shooting
 
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Now the Director of the Secret Service is claiming the reason no one was on the roof of that building is because the roof was sloped:

“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,” Cheatle said.
The building in question:

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Here's the slope of the roof the counter-snipers were on.

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Do they think we're stupid?

:rolleyes:
If she really said that and that’s the only excuse she has then she should be fired immediately for making such a statement. We should demand that she be fired
 
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