• Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Her interview with congress was painful to watch. It is a mystery how she even got the job based on her answers

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      4 months ago

      Yeah, which is kind of surprising if you look at her Wikipedia, she had plenty of experience within the secret service. I guess this is just a case of being promoted beyond your competence level, as I assume there’s a huge difference between doing the work as a secret service agent and being able to properly deal with the politics of Congress.

      And I guess she’s ultimately responsible for whatever oversight caused them to allow someone with a rifle to get onto a roof 100m from a presidential candidate, whether that’s due to hiring, procedural issues or just general lack of oversight.

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        4 months ago

        To me, the local PD seems to have plenty of fault. (Surprised she didn’t throw them under the bus.) The shooter’s on top of a building, outside of SS perimeter. And incredibly, it’s literally full of local PD, apparently emergency response (SWAT).

        There seems to have been severe communication issues from all involved: Knew of suspect for hour, lost him, searched, finally checked roof, too late. SS sniper seems to have had him in sights, but did not shoot until after (perhaps thought he could be local PD). They all deserve blame for the almost comedy of errors. I think the wind might’ve done more to prevent the assassination.