Secret Service scandal: MORE shocking security failures exposed by expert
In less than a week, analysis of the near-assassination of Donald Trump has exposed a number of failures on the part of the Secret Service team that was assigned to secure the rally and protect the former president from danger.
Glenn Beck’s head researcher and writer Jason Buttrill, who’s also a former Department of Defense intelligence analyst and one who’s “[worked] side by side with the Secret Service,” sheds light on the glaring holes in the failed protective operation.
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“It should be almost impossible to pull off what happened on Saturday,” Jason tells Glenn.
Per standard protocol, “Secret Service [goes] out weeks in advance” in order to “set up a multi-tiered security plan.” Part of that plan involves fully vetting the first three tiers of people in front of where the protectee stands.
“They also identify further out threats,” says Jason. “They identify ... potential sniper positions going all the way to a thousand yards.”
Thomas Matthew Crooks fired, however, from “130 yards” out – a position Jason assures “would have been identified” prior to the rally.
Further, for each potential sniper position, “They would have local law enforcement guarding those areas to make sure no one would gain access.”
“There’s multiple questions here that need to be asked,” says Jason.
“Knowing this entire complex plan, did the Secret Service designate those sniper positions?”
Assuming they did secure potential sniper positions, “Did law enforcement adequately man those positions?”
To that question, Jason says, “It does not appear so on the videos that we've seen,” adding that it was “tailgaters” who spotted the shooter and informed law enforcement of his whereabouts.
Glenn then brings up the fact that the Secret Service team in charge at the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally has repeatedly stated that the roof from where the shooter fired “wasn't part of the secure perimeter.”
“To say as an excuse that it was outside the secured perimeter is absolutely ridiculous,” says Jason, adding that he’s personally witnessed the extreme lengths Secret Service will go to to ensure protection.
But there’s one more question that begs answering — a question Jason says is “the scariest.”
“Was there help given to the shooter?”
Jason isn’t the first to ask this question. Dallas Alexander, the world record holder for the longest confirmed sniper kill, has actually openly stated his belief that this was an “inside job.”
“Do you believe that is a realistic possibility?” Glenn asks Jason.
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To hear Jason’s answer, watch the clip above.
Sniper with longest confirmed kill claims Trump near-assassination was an 'inside' job, but Glenn and panel have questions
Dallas Alexander is a veteran Canadian special forces sniper who’s worked VIP protection at the highest levels and who happens to hold the world record for the longest-range confirmed sniper kill. According to him, Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, had help from the inside.
Today, he joins Glenn Beck to explain his theory.
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“You don’t believe that this was just incompetence on the Secret Service's side?” Glenn asks.
“I did that job for a long time — close protection and protecting VIPs, up to and including our prime minister in Canada,” he says. “I’ve seen the videos ... There were too many [policemen and Secret Service agents] to not have the most obvious position covered.”
“Children who play Call of Duty or go to paintball would know that that roof is the most important position and that that building is one of the most important buildings to secure,” he tells Glenn, adding that the notion that the Secret Service was simply incompetent is “impossible.”
“What do you think would’ve happened?” Glenn asks.
“This isn’t me pointing a finger at anyone in particular or a party or an agency, but someone within the ‘inside’ had to have helped with this,” he says. “You can’t walk through layers of security like that and then climb up a ladder to the most obvious shooting position and then take a shot at the former president.”
“There had to be someone that helped with that,” Dallas reiterates.
Glenn then brings up the reports that the shooter was located at “an adjacent property” and “didn’t have to go through security.”
To that, Dallas says that from the footage he saw, the “two most obvious” structures that demanded security were “that building and the water tower in the background,” insinuating that there’s no way that the building where Crooks was stationed was outside what would be considered the danger zone.
“Can you explain from the sniper’s perspective ... upon visual acquisition of an enemy sniper, does the counter sniper have permission to immediately take action and fire, or do they have to go through a long process of verifying and then getting permission?” asks Jason Buttrill, Glenn’s head writer and researcher.
“That very much depends on the department [and] what the [rules of engagement] are,” Dallas explains. “I can’t speak to the Secret Service when they’re working with the police force — I have no idea. I know in the jobs that I have done, if there is a sniper position and I’m a counter sniper ... yeah, you’re shooting. You’re not waiting for someone to give you permission.”
Glenn has several additional questions:
“How easy of a shot was this for a 20-something?”
“How close did we come to losing a president?”
“Have you ever shot and had [your target] dead in your sights and they moved at the very last minute?”
“What are the questions that we should be demanding from our Secret Service?”
To hear Dallas’ answers, watch the clip above.
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US Army special operators take first place in international sniper competition
U.S. Army special operators recently put their world-class marksmanship on display when they took home first place in an annual international sniper competition held in North Carolina.
The event, which the U.S. Army Special Operations Command has hosted at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Fort Bragg since 2004, routinely tests the abilities of personnel from several branches of the U.S. military and abroad.
According to the Army Times, this year's contest featured two-man teams from France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland in addition to teams from across the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Secret Service, and the Coast Guard.
The competition, which took place March 21-25, tested the sharpshooters on a variety of different skill sets needed to execute the task of a sniper, all while seeking to simulate the experiences of real combat.
In all, the teams were put through 23 different scenarios that measured the snipers' and spotters' long-, medium-, and short-range marksmanship capabilities, according to Insider.
"The sniper teams face lanes that force them to maneuver over and around obstacles to establish a firing position and make engagement on a target. In other lanes, they might have to be in a static position while other challenges that make it hard are presented, like targets that move behind obstacles," said Col. Matthew Tucker, commanding officer of the Army's 2nd Special Warfare Training Group, in a statement.
"It could be everything from taking exceptionally long shots to dealing with complex situations to how they communicate about what they happen to be seeing in a given situation that we might set up for them," he added.
In the end, the event's host, the U.S. Army Special Operations Command, won first prize. Insider noted that "the generic name may mean it was composed of members of Delta Force, a secretive unit the Army rarely acknowledges."
Coming in second was a team of French SAS commandos, followed by the U.S. Army National Guard's 20th Special Forces Group in third. In fourth was a team of Marine Raider sniper instructors, and in fifth was a team from Germany's special operations unit, Kommando Spezialkräfte.
The full order of team rankings is provided in the Army Times report.
Participants noted that this year's competition took on a special consideration given Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine.
Tucker remarked to the Times that all of the international participants were from Europe, where they "currently face a common threat there that harkens back to the Cold War."
"So this has been a great opportunity for us, this year, to improve the interoperability that will be required of all of us to meet treaty obligations with NATO as well as with other allies," he said.
(H/T: Business Insider)
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