Turning people into human threat-assessment machines who then interact with one another under conditions of uncertainty and rapid-response is not ever going to be flawless. Thanks for taking the time to examine carefully and avoid getting out ahead of the evidence.
Even if they couldn't have gotten to Crooks in time, at the least they could've communicated to the SS and police near Trump and the stage to immediately take Trump away to remove the target. Why was there a communications break down of this monumental proportion?
Exactly. What is supposed to happen is that everyone hears in their earpieces GUN! GUN! GUN! and the agents rush and cover the candidate and get him out of there as fast as possible
And witnesses in the crowd would have been experiencing an unsettling type of cognitive dissonance while expecting something that failed to happen: an appropriate enforcement and security response to what they correctly saw as a significant threat.
What do you know of the reports that a SS officer had sights on Crooks before any shooting happened, and was repeatedly told to hold his fire? Can that be verified?
Also, I have read that after Crooks fired, this same SS officer then shot Crooks; and was later fired for doing so? Can that be verified? (Or ruled out)
How many times have we seen the government and corporations steal defeat from the jaws of victory by not being transparent or outright lying because they fear embarrassment or liability and turn it into something much worse.
This, along with the coverup of the Biden memory issues, reminds me of the death spiral that the Jimmy Carter administration faced after the Iran embassy takeover and failed Iran hostage rescue debacle. Even though they did admit most of their failures reasonably quickly, nobody trusted anything the government told them and that helped doom his reelection.
I suspect enough of this information will also come out from witnesses to quickly torpedo attempts to spin things and deflect blame for a series of obvious failures.
Then there will be the inevitable Congressional politicized witch-hunts that may have subpoena power to assist them.
Maybe someone in power should just raise their hand and tell it like we all know it is before this turns into another endless (and likely unwarranted) conspiracy story.
This is not the JFK assassination case. Only Lone Nut Buffs continue to believe in the Warren Commission garbage. Wake up and stop ignoring the facts revealed since the 90s.
Thank you Gerald. Knowing your meticulous & exacting research with Trisha, you probably have had a timeline on the wall & are filling in the blanks as information comes in. We all look forward to what you explain to us as this develops. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Re: budget constraints -- one more example of something that should be done thoroughly, not "efficiently," no matter what it costs. Efficiency is often the enemy of thoroughness.
I think you miss an important point. When local cops hear that a man is on the roof, why aren't they communicating this to Secret Service? What I suspect is that there was no central command post where reps of all law enforcement are stationed and that there was no interoperability between law enforcement. Radios couldn't talk to one another. Nobody could warn each other. Local cops were kept outside perimeter and couldn't confir with Secret Service. This is a mandated federal obligation and Secret Service and the local jurisdiction failed. Damn shame.
Always clear, rigorously researched, unbiased. Thank you.
I read your book ‘Case Closed’ as a 12 year old kid. A brilliant book. Grateful for your ongoing fact-based reasoning and investigation at this time.
Smart 12-year-old! )
well, Case Closed is kind-of like a sequel to The Hardy Boys.
The assassination of president John Kennedy -
Turning people into human threat-assessment machines who then interact with one another under conditions of uncertainty and rapid-response is not ever going to be flawless. Thanks for taking the time to examine carefully and avoid getting out ahead of the evidence.
Even if they couldn't have gotten to Crooks in time, at the least they could've communicated to the SS and police near Trump and the stage to immediately take Trump away to remove the target. Why was there a communications break down of this monumental proportion?
Exactly. What is supposed to happen is that everyone hears in their earpieces GUN! GUN! GUN! and the agents rush and cover the candidate and get him out of there as fast as possible
Thank you for this report. agonizing, frustrating, and infuriating to read though. The crowd was more alert than the secret service and police.
And witnesses in the crowd would have been experiencing an unsettling type of cognitive dissonance while expecting something that failed to happen: an appropriate enforcement and security response to what they correctly saw as a significant threat.
This is the most clear and concise timeline breakdown I’ve seen. Thank you for your excellent reporting - on every topic you cover.
Thanks for this most helpful post. An old fan. Elliot Jager
What do you know of the reports that a SS officer had sights on Crooks before any shooting happened, and was repeatedly told to hold his fire? Can that be verified?
Also, I have read that after Crooks fired, this same SS officer then shot Crooks; and was later fired for doing so? Can that be verified? (Or ruled out)
Don't know yet. Those are good questions that must still be answered.
All very good. Keep up the good work. Your are coming around!
"It's not the crime, it's the cover up."
How many times have we seen the government and corporations steal defeat from the jaws of victory by not being transparent or outright lying because they fear embarrassment or liability and turn it into something much worse.
This, along with the coverup of the Biden memory issues, reminds me of the death spiral that the Jimmy Carter administration faced after the Iran embassy takeover and failed Iran hostage rescue debacle. Even though they did admit most of their failures reasonably quickly, nobody trusted anything the government told them and that helped doom his reelection.
I suspect enough of this information will also come out from witnesses to quickly torpedo attempts to spin things and deflect blame for a series of obvious failures.
Then there will be the inevitable Congressional politicized witch-hunts that may have subpoena power to assist them.
Maybe someone in power should just raise their hand and tell it like we all know it is before this turns into another endless (and likely unwarranted) conspiracy story.
agreed
This is not the JFK assassination case. Only Lone Nut Buffs continue to believe in the Warren Commission garbage. Wake up and stop ignoring the facts revealed since the 90s.
Thank you Gerald. Knowing your meticulous & exacting research with Trisha, you probably have had a timeline on the wall & are filling in the blanks as information comes in. We all look forward to what you explain to us as this develops. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Re: budget constraints -- one more example of something that should be done thoroughly, not "efficiently," no matter what it costs. Efficiency is often the enemy of thoroughness.
I think you miss an important point. When local cops hear that a man is on the roof, why aren't they communicating this to Secret Service? What I suspect is that there was no central command post where reps of all law enforcement are stationed and that there was no interoperability between law enforcement. Radios couldn't talk to one another. Nobody could warn each other. Local cops were kept outside perimeter and couldn't confir with Secret Service. This is a mandated federal obligation and Secret Service and the local jurisdiction failed. Damn shame.
"There is a story behind the Trump assassination. I just don't know what it is yet.” Ditto JFK, Gerald.
Nice try 😉
Everything went exactly that way Trump intended.
Huh?
Did you notice he wasn't actively bleeding? And then Hulk Hogan shows up at the convention just to rub our noses in it...
A Gerald Posner article on the Trump assassination? Jeez, you just made my weekend.