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.
Biden ditches Medal of Honor ceremony early, leaving heroic Vietnam War veteran alone during benediction
Army Captain Larry L. Taylor from Chattanooga, Tennessee, enlisted June 1966 and served with the 1st Squadron, 4th Calvary Regiment, 1st Infantry Division in the Vietnam War. He flew over 2,000 combat missions in UH-1 and Cobra helicopters, was engaged by enemy fire 340 times, and was forced down five times, according to the Army.
Taylor, 81, has received at least 50 combat decorations, including 43 Air Medals, a Bronze Star, two Distinguished Flying Crosses, and the Silver Star.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden presented Taylor with the Medal of Honor.
Unlike other events helmed by Biden where he has slipped into the background unnoticed, Biden's premature exit from Taylor's Medal of Honor ceremony has sparked significant outrage.
Prior to Biden bailing out early, Lt. Col. Ann Hughes detailed Taylor's brave deeds near the village of Ap Go Cong, Vietnam, on the fateful evening of June 18, 1968.
'Feat never before accomplished'
A four-man long-range patrol team that had found itself surrounded and vastly outnumbered by a Viet Cong force called for fire support.
One of the four on the ground, then-Sgt. David Hill, told the Army Times, "We were in a Custer-like situation."
Then-1st Lt. Taylor heard the call and came powering over at the command of a light fire team comprising two Cobra helicopter gunships.
Upon arrival, Taylor "immediately requested illumination rounds and supporting artillery to assist with identifying the enemy positions," even though the fulfillment of that order would make his aircraft similarly easier to see and target.
Hazarding "intense enemy groundfire" and flying "at a perilously low altitude," Taylor fed the enemy encircling the patrol team a constant stream of hot lead and rockets, and he did so for 45 minutes.
As all good things come to an end, Taylor's team began running low on ammunition. However, the Americans below were not yet out of harm's way. The Tennessean appealed to light to stop the encroaching darkness in its tracks.
Hughes indicated that using his chopper's searchlight, Taylor began performing fake strafing runs on the enemy, thereby distracting them from the patrol team.
Still, the patrol team was not out of the woods, and now Taylor was running low on fuel, the Rubicon ostensibly behind him.
Taylor and his wingman cleared some additional space for the patrol, expending their remaining minigun rounds, then "directed the patrol team to move 100 yards towards the extraction point, where First Lieutenant Taylor, still under enemy fire, landed his helicopter and instructed the patrol team to climb aboard anywhere they could."
Hughes stressed that an extraction by way of Cobra gunship was a "feat never before accomplished." After all, the aircraft is a two-seater gunship designed for leaving bodies, not carrying them.
Nevertheless, Taylor made it work. The patrol team managed to both perch on the rocket pods and skids and hold on long enough for Taylor to fly them to safety.
Biden indicated that when he told Taylor he would be receiving recognition for his acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty that night, the Army captain responded, "I thought you had to do something to receive the Medal of Honor."
An unceremonious exit
Immediately after setting the Medal of Honor around Taylor's neck and giving the tearful veteran a handshake, Biden abruptly bolted out of the East Room as if to beat the traffic.
One reporter can be seen in the video of the ceremony impressed with a look of confusion at the sight of Biden hurrying out, and for good reason: the event was far from over.
Now alone, Taylor remained at his post, waiting for the closing benediction.
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The Daily Mail indicated that some have suggested Biden was attempting to give Taylor the spotlight; however, many have slammed the 80-year-old Democrat for what they figure was a gross lack of respect.
Former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan wrote on X, "Pardon my French... But what a f***ing idiot. The continuous lack of respect Biden has for anyone is appalling. Hawaii, Service members, active shooter victims, the list goes on."
Ryan's allusion to Hawaii may be in reference to the president's controversial speech to survivors of the Maui wildfires last month, in which he compared the blazes that claimed the lives of hundreds and razed a historic town to a kitchen fire that nearly put his beloved '67 Corvette at risk.
Ret. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Patterson suggested, "Democrat disconnect with the American military continues. He doesn't give a s*** and can't wait to nap."
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas), an Army veteran who also flew choppers, wrote, "At least he didn't check his watch this time."
Hunt appears to be referencing the 2021 incident where Biden repeatedly looked at his watch during a solemn ceremony for the 13 U.S. troops killed amid his botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
Conservative radio host Jason Rantz slammed Biden's early exit, calling it "absolutely disgusting."
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New Bill Would Stop VA Bureaucrats From Gaming The System To Grab Veterans’ Guns
Currently, any veteran who is deemed ‘unable to manage’ their benefits is automatically barred from purchasing or owning guns.Word went out a Vietnam War-era Navy veteran was set to be buried alone. Now, hundreds of motorcyclists will escort him to the great hereafter.
A U.S. Navy veteran set to be buried alone will now be escorted off to the great hereafter by a cavalcade of veterans and others on motorcycles.
Anthony Meizis served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. Meizis was all set to be buried at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne, having paid the McDonald Keohane Funeral Home in Weymouth for the relevant services, but when it came time, funeral director Cara Johnson was hard pressed to find any family or friends to attend, reported WBZ-TV.
Apparently, his family in the area was limited to a cousin who was unable to be present on account of a disability.
As of Tuesday night, the prospect of a proper send-off wasn't looking good.
In a last-ditch effort, Johnson reportedly reached out to a group called No Veteran Buried Alone, which assembles and conducts motorcycle processions for veterans needing help.
Word of Meizis' lonely burial spread like wildfire on Facebook, with the Massachusetts chapter of the American Legion Riders sharing Johnson's request, quoting her as saying, "I had heard of your organization, making sure that no veteran was buried alone, and I would be forever grateful if you would assist me in escorting him to Bourne for his burial and military honors. Especially since he loved motorcycles."
The American Legion Riders indicated that this information had been sent along to the Patriot Guard Riders, Vietnam Veterans of America, and the VFW Riders.
WBZ reported that not long after putting out the call for backup, Johnson's phone began ringing nonstop with calls from takers.
"Lots of veterans in every town have called, and they are going to have American Legion Riders. Over 100, maybe a lot more than that," she said. "I had no idea it would go crazy like this."
Johnson indicated in her post that the procession will be "leaving the funeral home in Weymouth, 809 Main St. South Weymouth, directly across from SSH. on Friday 8/11 at 8:00 AM and process directly to the cemetery. There will be military honors and a Priest performing a committal service at 9:45 AM."
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Retired Navy combat veteran jumps into the race to unseat Sen. Tim Kaine in Virginia; hits hard with must-watch video
Republican Navy veteran Hung Cao formally announced Tuesday that he was jumping into the race to unseat Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine in Virginia. Cao did so with a powerful video emphasizing both his gratitude for the United States, which took his family in as refugees in 1975, and his unwillingness to see it devoured by the same forces of darkness that first brought him here.
In his announcement video, the 51-year-old father of five can be seen hammering his fist against wood, saying, "This is the scariest sound you will hear when you live in a communist country."
Cao, a combat veteran who served with special operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia, hammers his fist once more, recalling it was the last sound his Vietnamese parents heard "when their fathers were taken away in the middle of the night and they never saw their loved ones again."
"That's the sound of losing your freedom," said Cao.
The retired Navy captain and his family were among the over 3 million people who fled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between 1975 and 1995, following the capture of Saigon by communist North Vietnamese forces.
Drawing a parallel between the fall of Saigon to the communists and America's depreciation under the Biden administration, Cao indicated that trepidation over a knock at the door is no longer a problem unique to communist nations.
"Our country has taken a dark turn," he says.
Once again simulating the sound of knocking, the senatorial candidate indicated, "That's Joe Biden's Justice Department sending two dozen armed agents to arrest a pro-life activist in front of his family. ... That's Joe Biden's IRS raiding a gun shop and seizing thousands of records from law-abiding gun owners: our names, our addresses, our Social Security numbers."
Knocking again, Cao says, "That's Joe Biden arresting his challenger in the next election: a former president of the United States," referencing the apparent political persecution of former President Donald Trump.
After indicating that Biden alternatively enjoys the kind of immunity from responsibility that only dictators enjoy, Cao stressed, "We are losing our country. You know it, but you also know you can't say it. We're forced to say that wrong is right. We're forced to lie. We can't let that happen."
Noting that "our country has real problems and we need real fighters in Washington," Cao said that after 25 years in the U.S. Navy, he is not yet "done fighting for us."
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Cao's stated policy positions and platform pledges include commitments to:
- "Repel the invasion" at the southern border, in part by building the wall and supporting border states;
- Support parental rights, maximize school choice, and tackle woke indoctrination in schools;
- Destigmitize not going to college while championing trade and vocational schools;
- Achieve American energy independence by investing in oil, gas, nuclear power, and other energy sources in the homeland;
- Onshore jobs and protect American labor from foreign nations' unfair trade practices;
- Counter communist Chinese aggression and influence;
- Protect the unborn and counter the extremist abortionist policies pushed by Democrats like Kaine; and
- Hold the Biden White House accountable for its possibly criminal actions.
Cao has also historically been critical of pandemic restrictions, including mask mandates, reported CNN.
While Kaine, now seeking a third term, is said to be favored to win back his Senate seat, the Washington Post indicated that the Republican victories during the 2021 elections that saw Gov. Glenn Youngkin elected have inspired fear and uncertainty in Democrats.
That fear manifested in a new series of attacks following Cao's announcement, with some Democrats highlighting the Navy veteran's staunch support for the unborn, gun rights, and overturning the Affordable Care Act as though they were problematic.
Susan Swecker, chair of the state Democratic Party, said, "Voters in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District already rejected Hung Cao in his bid for the U.S. House, and I can assure you he’s too extreme for the U.S. Senate."
Cao, based in Purcellville, Virginia, lost to Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton by six points in a heavily Democratic district.
Earlier this month, Cao stated, "My family and I came to this country for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The U.S. gave us a home, a flag to stand under, and countless opportunities. We have been committed to returning the favor ever since."
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