Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. Joining me on

today's show is James Gagliano. He's a nationally recognized law enforcement analyst. James

has too many credentials to list in full, but here's a few. He served 25 years in the FBI and was

appointed the various investigative, tactical resolution, crisis management,

undercover, and senior management positions, including assignment to the FBI's elite counterterror

unit, the hostage rescue team, and his senior team leader of the FBI's New York Field Division

SWAT team. He, in fact, won the FBI's

Medal of bravery for his SWAT team's actions in June 1993. He's a graduate of West Point,

the U.S. Army veteran, and on top of all of that, currently serves his mayor of the village of

Cornwall on Hudson in New York. He's written for

City Journal before. He's a regular presence on TV and in the media. So James, thanks very much for

joining us for this discussion about what just happened. Brian, thanks for having me. I always

appreciate the work of the Manhattan Institute and enjoy City Journal. And I appreciate you guys having me on.

So we're recording this just shortly a few days after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. It's still obviously dominating the news, but the dust has

settled a little bit. What are the main security challenges in your view highlighted by what

happened on Saturday? You know, I think to look at this from the macro level, I mean, political

violence is unfortunately part of our

culture. It's gone on for a long time since the founding of our nation. Four U.S. presidents have

died while in office. And not that long ago, you look at Lincoln and Garfield, McKinley,

Kennedy, you look at a couple of

failed attempts in, you know, President Gerald Ford and obviously President Ronald Reagan, the most

recent in 1981. And some of the things that have gone on of recent, from people being attacked

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