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originally posted by: Freeborn
a reply to: underpass61
I can only echo what carpy said.
But I can't help thinking that the actual attempt on Trump's life was carried out in such a relatively amateurish way.....I guess others more informed in such matters may be able to explain?
originally posted by: PorkChop96
a reply to: SourGrapes
Funny someone should mention it....
What do we have here?
originally posted by: SourGrapes
a reply to: WeMustCare
I'd say he's more like the monkey that goes around picking pockets while his master performs the magic tricks.
originally posted by: hangedman13
originally posted by: Oldcarpy2
a reply to: WeMustCare
"Since Donald Trump decided to go golfing just a few hours before hitting the course, it's likely there is a MOLE** inside the Secret Service who told would-be assassin Ryan Routh to head over to Trump's country club and wait in a spot that would be left open for him."
But wasn't Routh there for quite some time before he decided to go golfing?
Which is even more suspicious, how long was he there? This makes your questions answer even worse for the SS. They missed that security breech for how long? Especially in light of that location being a known weakness in their perimeter! That makes it seem more probable there is a mole embedded in the SS. Otherwise why was this area not subject to inspection? A rookie mistake from our supposed top people?
originally posted by: Owlwatcher
a reply to: WeMustCare
Yeah... the deep state armed the guy, paid his airfare, gave him the info on Trump and then say it could have been prevented. No duh. Like in Butler, they let the guy get in and take position and then sanitize the crime scene when he fails.
They're not inept, they're corrupt same as Biden/ Harris. Well inept and corrupt.
When you consider the size of a golf course (acres!) and the manpower that would be required to secure every possible vantage point from which an ambush could be launched, it makes more sense, from a security standpoint, to sweep only those areas that a high value target is currently occupying, or will soon occupy.
Unless you have the adequate manpower to clear and hold the entire venue for the duration of the golf game,
If the security sweep is conducted too soon, that leaves the site cleared, but unguarded until the "target" arrives with a security detail.
It appears Routh was able to take advantage of this logistical weakness, having been given the heads up that Trump would be at this course sometime during that particular day.
He just wasn't told that the USSS would be sweeping his snipers nest just before Trump was set to play through.
Asif Merchant was arrested on July 12. He had just loaded his luggage into his ride to the airport, commencing a journey either to his wife and children in Iran or to a different wife and children in his native Pakistan. In weeks of secretly recorded conversations with a federal informant, Merchant had confided that he had families in both countries. He also, according to an FBI affidavit, said he had come to America to arrange the assassination of “a political person.”
originally posted by: Dandandat3
a reply to: JadedGhost
But, no your right, the assassination attempt of a former president and current presidential candidate is no big deal ... no big deal at all.
It appears Routh was able to take advantage of this logistical weakness, having been given the heads up that Trump would be at this course sometime during that particular day.