NBC News: Secret Service is appalled.
Anthony Guglielmi, the Secret Service’s chief of communication, said in the statement: “We stand united against any attempt to discredit our personnel and their invaluable contributions to our mission and are appalled by the disparaging and disgusting comments against any of our personnel.”
The Secret Service doesn’t get to be appalled after their appalling inability to keep Trump safe.
There Will Always Be Vulnerabilities
This article was written by an veteran police officer who has been writing about law enforcement for many years. He describes working with the Secret Service in the manner that you’d expect.
From my position I could see other teams similarly situated on rooftops, but so numerous were the nearby buildings that there weren’t enough counter-sniper teams to post one on all of them. I was told, however, that any position overlooking the landing zone would be guarded by at least one Secret Service agent, most of them accompanied by an LAPD officer.
I’ve read a couple of books by Ronald Kessler about the Secret Service. It’s difficult to understand why security was so lax for Trump’s rally.
Sixteen thousand people erupted into rapture when Donald J. Trump walked into the Prudential Center in Newark at 10 p.m. Saturday to attend an Ultimate Fighting Championship match.
UFC doesn’t appeal to me, and this article about Trump attending isn’t illuminating, but it did get me thinking about other presidents and candidates.
Where would Joe Biden go to revel in the embrace of his most avid fan base?
The author of the commentary, Jonathan Chait, describes himself as a liberal hawk. He is a committed anti-Trumper, but has criticized liberals and conservatives.
The Trump conviction was a partisan hit job by a rogue prosecutor and a corrupt district attorney. Every thing you need to know is in that headline.
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