THIS. This is what I keep thinking. The SS are highly trained and would know for certain that less trained and less experienced local small town cops not routinely exposed to this level of security would indeed cause a weak link, and the head of SS could easily take advantage of that if she wanted to, letting the cacophony of errors fall where they may and onto blaming local law enforcement.
I see how the “stupidity” angle can assuage a sinister plot, but only if the SS were stupid too, or if not then intentional.
That's why there should be a SS agent at each zone location. Someone needs to coordinate the security. If the middle or outer zone discovers a threat, they need to immediately inform the inner zone so the VIP can be brought to a safe place. If they are not doing this, they are not security professionals. A SS agent would have told the local PD, "Yeah, its hot. So rotate your rooftop observers, but never leave the spot empty." Proper defense in depth requires communication between the zones.
The SS is stupid was basically the point of this essay. Highly trained according to whom?? I saw video of an overweight woman that couldn’t holster her pistol, and 2 ponytailed women that seemed pretty much clueless, and they were the ones closest to trump. They also allowed trump to stand back up for the fist pump, before the threat was for sure taken care of, which while making great theater should have been a no go. We are an unserious country with unserious people at the helm.
Gotta agree with you on this. The Ponytail Posse was classic Keystone Kops. “How do I get this thing back into its holster?” “Gotta get my shades back on so I look official!” “Which way did he go, George?” “I REALLY need to get into shape!”
It was ridiculous. The agent that appeared like she was trying to hide under Trump created a perfect head shot. And the rest of them dancing around the limo was…well, you know…the thing.
an aside..but shouldn't we Americans or anyone in the world really have a team or a division that can be shortened to "SS?" You would think we would have seen this coming. Like the UK when they decided to start a Krispy Kreme Klub to further promote those donuts in their country. These are not good ideas.
You are the first person to say what I have been thinking this entire time. I used to work as a translator and one company had a T&A abbreviation in their text which I flagged and explained that would not fly for their target audience. They were of course pleased with my attention to detail.
I don't even like the term "unserious" when silly or ridiculous works just as easily.Then again, I wasn't onboard with "incentivize" when "motivate" was already in our parlance.
THIS. This is what I keep thinking. The SS are highly trained and would know for certain that less trained and less experienced local small town cops not routinely exposed to this level of security would indeed cause a weak link, and the head of SS could easily take advantage of that if she wanted to, letting the cacophony of errors fall where they may and onto blaming local law enforcement.
I see how the “stupidity” angle can assuage a sinister plot, but only if the SS were stupid too, or if not then intentional.
That's why there should be a SS agent at each zone location. Someone needs to coordinate the security. If the middle or outer zone discovers a threat, they need to immediately inform the inner zone so the VIP can be brought to a safe place. If they are not doing this, they are not security professionals. A SS agent would have told the local PD, "Yeah, its hot. So rotate your rooftop observers, but never leave the spot empty." Proper defense in depth requires communication between the zones.
The SS is stupid was basically the point of this essay. Highly trained according to whom?? I saw video of an overweight woman that couldn’t holster her pistol, and 2 ponytailed women that seemed pretty much clueless, and they were the ones closest to trump. They also allowed trump to stand back up for the fist pump, before the threat was for sure taken care of, which while making great theater should have been a no go. We are an unserious country with unserious people at the helm.
Gotta agree with you on this. The Ponytail Posse was classic Keystone Kops. “How do I get this thing back into its holster?” “Gotta get my shades back on so I look official!” “Which way did he go, George?” “I REALLY need to get into shape!”
It was ridiculous. The agent that appeared like she was trying to hide under Trump created a perfect head shot. And the rest of them dancing around the limo was…well, you know…the thing.
If someone told me that was Melissa McCarthy, Tina fey and Kristen wiig filming a new movie called “Secret Service Chicks” I’d believe them.
lol, like
an aside..but shouldn't we Americans or anyone in the world really have a team or a division that can be shortened to "SS?" You would think we would have seen this coming. Like the UK when they decided to start a Krispy Kreme Klub to further promote those donuts in their country. These are not good ideas.
You are the first person to say what I have been thinking this entire time. I used to work as a translator and one company had a T&A abbreviation in their text which I flagged and explained that would not fly for their target audience. They were of course pleased with my attention to detail.
I don't even like the term "unserious" when silly or ridiculous works just as easily.Then again, I wasn't onboard with "incentivize" when "motivate" was already in our parlance.
"The SS are highly trained..."
Facts not in evidence!
I'm not so sure about Highly trained anymore....when it comes to any Government employees😁
100 million % spot on!!