Common Denominator in Assassinations and Assassination Attempts: The U.S. Secret Service

In the age of cell-phone cameras and social media, they won't be able to get away with it for much longer.

Jul 18, 2024

FROM THE BBC:

Donald Trump's would-be assassin was flagged as "suspicious" up to an hour before he began shooting and his phone's history showed he'd searched for images of the Republican, senators have heard amid growing calls for the head of the US Secret Service to resign.
In two closed briefings to lawmakers in the House and Senate on Wednesday, law enforcement officials, including the Secret Service, shared limited new information about security and the man who opened fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Wyoming Senator John Barrasso said the Secret Service told them they had spotted the attacker one hour before the attack, but then lost sight of him in the crowd.
“He was identified as a character of suspicion because [he had] a rangefinder as well as a backpack. And this was over an hour before the shooting actually occurred,” he told Fox News.
“So, you would think over the course of that hour, you shouldn't lose sight of the individual."
It was also revealed during the briefings that the gunman had visited the site of the attack, the Butler County fairgrounds, in the days before the assassination attempt and had previously searched on his phone for symptoms of a depressive disorder, an official familiar with the briefing told CBS News, the BBC's news partner.
The attacker had also used his phone to search for images of both Trump and President Joe Biden. FBI Director Wray told lawmakers on the call that more than 200 interviews had already been conducted and 14,000 images reviewed. READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE