Secret Service Counter sniper criticizes failure to prevent shooting

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Law Enforcement, Crime, True Crime, Military

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🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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A Secret Service counter-sniper is demanding that five "high-level supervisors" be fired in the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, warning that another attempt could come before November's election, a leaked email says. "This agency NEEDS to change, if not now, WHEN?" the counter-sniper wrote to the agency's Uniformed Division, according to the email obtained by Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics' White House and national political correspondent. "The NEXT assassination attempt in 30 days? Because we all SHOULD expect another attempt to happen before November." The email continues: "Failure is not an option, and on 7/13/24, WE failed. Not because of commitment or sense of dedication. But because our SUPERVISORS (aka leadership) knew better and thought our concerns were less than important."

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0:00.0	So, you know, I want to go back to the email written by the unnamed sniper that wrote this.
0:10.0	Things erupted.
0:14.0	Ronald Roe has since become the acting secret service director, as we just saw.
0:18.0	He appeared before senators on Tuesday calling the assassination attempt
0:21.5	to a failure of the agency. Things erupted as we saw with Senator Josh Hawley. I'm going to
0:28.5	place some of that press throw on why certain individuals had not been relieved of duty. The acting
0:34.1	director responded, I will tell you, Senator, it will not rush to judgment
0:37.6	that people will be held accountable, and I will do so with integrity and not rush to judgment
0:42.6	and put people unfairly prosecuted. The unnamed counter-sniper, and said in the email that his
0:52.1	team was viewed by many as guys who sit on the roof and don't do much,
0:55.7	but stressed that the Secret Service responsibility was not to protect an empty White House
1:01.0	located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but to prevent and stop another JFK-style assassination
1:07.7	in whatever city that may be.
1:10.9	Sadly, we've fallen short for years.
1:12.8	We just got lucky and looked good doing it.
1:14.7	The email said it added that the individuals had conveyed these thoughts to both
1:19.9	supervisors and training teams who brushed off his concerns as if those with less
1:24.5	experience somehow knew more than me.
1:26.9	The team I was once proud to be part of is something I have to now somehow hide
1:31.1	as I move into my next career, the email read,
1:34.1	who wants to hire U.S. Secret Service,
1:37.2	counter-sniper guy who failed?
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