Sleeping Secret Service

Sorry to hear that. I have met more than competent women teachers, and as an RN have worked with and under competent women as well, not that all are, or rather were, since I've been retired for quite awhile now.

I agree with your comments 100%. Barbara

The question is when DEI and CRT revolutionary programs install incompetent or people to levels they are not going to be competent in performing because they lack the proper experience and training, is social justice and its spin offs doomed to create negligence and such programs are negligent in themselves?

Dereliction of due diligence - Gross neglect - dysfunctional procedures : how much do Ms Cheatle will stay in jail IF she is indicted for these offenses ?
Like any professional, she has a duty to gather all means to perform her mission, this duty she skipped.

Yeah, I know, at least one man was killed. Why isn't she in handcuffs? SHE is directly responsible for his death? His family will want to know more from this dumb woman. How do these people get these lucrative jobs? I wish I knew. I am obviously in the wrong business.

The bullet may have only grazed Trump only to inadvertently kill Biden!

That what happens when you put a woman in charge and a DEI pick at that. Our pure incompetence and those down USSS agents around President Trump. More incompetence.

Kamala Harris is no more competent than this lady but looks like being the next POTUS.

Your question is "whether the Secret Service was directed to ignore requests ... or was it simply agency incompetence"
The obvious and immediate answer is BOTH.
Just as RFK Jr. has been denied and as was TRUMP, the intent is clear and simple - they were hopeful of exactly what happened - with a more productive outcome for the Democratic Dictatorship of North America.

First, they refused to beef up the security detail. Second, they failed to stop the assailant even after spotting him on the roof. What does this tell us about the Secret Service? The American people are demanding answers.

Dear Lawrence, I was not surprised by the assassination attempt. I would not be surprised if we see another attempt before Election Day. The Dems are very nervous.

Spot on! Kudos to Mr Kadish for another great column. I wish mainstream media would reprint this.

As usual, Mr Kadish provides a clear and concise analysis of the assassination attempt.

And congratulations to our big, strong Congress, who made the little fish, Cheatle, take the fall for higher-ups. Her answer to Congress' every other question was, "The FBI are doing those interviews/analyzing the casings/radio reports/timelines, and I haven't seen their report." In short, the investigation is being handled/massaged by another agency. You know, the ones who maintained that Hunter's laptop was Russian disinformation, and they had lost it anyway. Days earlier, a more accommodating Cheatle had tried speculating ahead of the facts, concerning why an agent wasn't on the roof. That experiment didn't work out well for her.
Congress' other questions concerned the details of Service methods and personnel: only a fool would discuss that in open session. But she was brow-beaten for withholding, and sneered at for being female (equivalent to being an incompetent DEI hire).
So, little fish Cheatle has been made to resign. The answer to all our questions is: she was incompetent. This is to distract us from internet reports about Trump's protection detail at Butler being diluted with Homeland Security Investigative personnel, or eyewitness accounts about a second shooter on the water tower. Wanna bet, sixty days from now, another agency will have lost the bullet casings?

The Secret Service director lied in her testimony. She did the right thing by resigning. Hope the FBI investigation will lead to indictments.

The Director of the Secret Service should be indicted. The American people want to know what happened on July 13.

Update: Cheatel has resigned! Now let's start a real investigation to reveal the truth.
Thank you Mr Kadish.

The Secret Service has been an habitual failure throughout the history of the U.S. It's just another incompetent law enforcement agency, just like the FBI, the DEA, the border patrol, and state and local law enforcement. The only time since the assassination of JFK that it didn't fail was in 1975, when Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme fired a pistol at Gerry Ford, and the gun didn't go off. That was an act of God, not the Secret Service. In effect, the Secret Service, in spite of their elitist reputation, are nothing but a bunch of drunks & whore chasers.

Great analysis, Lawrence. Thank you. You are a true American patriot.

The American people deserve to know what happened on July 13.

If the protection of an individual who is, arguably, the most powerful individual on the planet isn't a priority, then what is?
Thank you Mr Kadish for hitting the nail on the head. Love reading your articles here.

The director of the Secret Service made a disgraceful appearance when she was questioned about the assassination attempt on Trump. She needs to step down now.
Thank you Mr Kadish for your invaluable insights.

The Secret Service agents saw the shooter but did nothing to stop him. This requires a thorough investigation.

Thank you Mr Kadish for another brilliant analysis.

The American people are not stupid. The Secret Service is hiding something.

I am merely a thick old British soldier, but there are two things I cannot grasp:

1. Mr. Trump is a former President of the United States of America - that is an indisputable FACT. We cover all our former prime ministers, including the repellent, reptilian, warmongering, deceitful Blair, with armed security constantly. Why was Mr. Trump not accorded the same cover as a former President? Why? Is there a reason? Does political opinion and choice enter into this?

2. Why is this woman still in post? Why has she not been sacked?

As a former Secret Service Agent from the 1970's, I think it's a shame that you had to write this piece, but the facts surrounding the attempted assassination speak for themselves. And the responses (if you can even call them that) of former Director Cheatle before Congress were pathetic and didn't instill any confidence in the agency for the American people. Thank you, Lawrence, for an excellent article. Greg

She is a pathetic public servant, oblivious of the threats we face.

During the war yrs, Lincoln had been guarded by Pinkerton agents, even during his journey east for inauguration, but if memory serves, he'd given the Pinkerton man the weekend off (Easter weekend) since the surrender had taken place the weekend prior, and he thought the threat no longer existed.
That said, this would not be the 1st time the SS Agents had been pulled back from their usual diligence, even IF those on duty had been SS, but most were not; neither were they trained for such duties. On whose orders, I am not sure, but the agents who should have been on Trump were instead diverted some miles distant to guard Jill at some function in the region at the same time. The ones guarding Trump were drawn from several different agencies, most untrained for that sort of detail, and definitely NOT in any way coordinated! They were on different radio frequencies, attuned to whichever agency from which they had been drawn. Bottom line, it was a "Keystone Kops" affair, minus the humor. As in '63, that had to have been orchestrated from the WH! Nowhere else had that level of authority.

It is possible that the establishment were quite happy to see the end of Donald Trump. Who knows what passes between people in day to day conversation. One thing is for sure, Joe Biden would never have been put in that position

"If it has to be hidden without satisfactory reasonable explanation, it's probably wrong," is a fundamental moral principle based on human conduct over time.

Multiple, serial and yet unexplained failures of fundamental and mandatory USSS security protocols occurred in connection with protecting President Trump's safety during on 7/13. Modest compliance with any one of the failed protocols would have prevented the assault.

A diligent investigation of the occurrence by well trained, experienced and fully resourced investigators would have promptly confirmed critical facts by now, including those mentioned in Senator Johnson's 13-page Preliminary Findings Report and his 7/14/2024 letter to A.G. Garland, DHS Secretary Mayorkas and FBI Director Wray.

Physical facts unearthed by private investigators, including the published independent analysis of the physics of the sound waves and echoes produced by recorded gun shots, and captured digital evidence from Thomas M. Crook's cell phones confirming multiple trips to D.C. preceding 7/13, remain unchallenged and unexplained.

Also, evidence missing from the scene that should be present remains unexplained, such as Thomas Crook's body missing its entire skull, a massive blood spill, skull fragments, and brain matter strewn all over the roof on which he lay as the inevitable result of impact of a bullet of the size and velocity discharged from the standard high-power rifle used by USSS counter snipers. (Force = Mass x Acceleration.)

And USSS Director Cheatle's persistent prevarications, evasions, deflections and self-evident candor failures are redolent of a reprise of those surrounding JFK's 11/22/1963 assassination, the manifestly incomplete and unsatisfactory Warren Commission Report, CIA Director A. Dulles's membership on the Commission, and the 61-year official concealment of data.

Unless clearly and satisfactorily explained, these circumstances and the fundamental moral principle create a reasonable basis to believe U.S. government involvement in planning and executing the attempted assassination.

I don't believe a word from the director of the Secret Service.

The Secret Service didn't have the resources?? Who are they fooling? What next? They didn't have enough money for a hamburger?
Great article, thank you.

A must-read on the Trump assassination attempt. The Secret Service must be held accountable for the huge blunder. Heads must start rollling.

I was impatiently waiting to see what Mr Kadish has to say about the botched attempt on Trump's life. I enjoy reading your articles. Please keep them coming.

Well-stated Mr Kadish. Thank you for your thought provoking words. God bless you.

There needs to be sn independent commission of inquiry into the assassination attempt. The first question: Why was Trump deprived of additional security?
Many thanks Mr Kadish for your insightful comments.

Thank you Mr Kadish for another amazing column. The American people are not stupid and they know that there's more to the plot to murder Trump.

I am not a huge fan of conspiracy theories, but there were so many obvious and glaring weaknesses in the procedures to protect Trump at the rally that one can only conclude the gaps in protection were intentional. I don't know if the shooter was instructed by black ops people working for the admin (behind those encrypted calls), but certainly there was an effort to make Trump more vulnerable to an assassin. No other conclusion can be drawn. The elimination of evidence after the shooting also leads to that conclusion. There needs to be a Special Prosecutor, assigned by the GOP House, that investigates this and transfers that responsibility to the DOJ once Trump gains control

Fantastic piece. Thank you Mr Kadish for raising these troubling questions about the assassination attempt.

It's obvious the cover-up has started. God bless America, God bless President Trump, and God bless Mr Kadish.

The heads of the Secret Service should be interrogated immediately. If found guilty, they should be thrown into prison.
Thank you Mr Kadish for this column.

Very well said, Mr Kadish, my sentiments and no doubt millions of others.

There are serious questions in my mind about why Kimberly Cheatle refused to answer questions. Some say she was told to keep her mounth shut by higher-ups in the Biden administation! It definetly looks like she has fallen on her sword for someone. Our country is in grave danger with the present adminstration and the ouster of Joe Biden this weekend. One wonders whether this assassination attempt on President Trump was orchestrated by those who would have been poised to take over the country. The democrats lost no time in shoving Biden out the door when it failed.