Secret Service under fire
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The conspiracy theorists are driving me nuts…
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@George-K said in Secret Service under fire:
When you have the Chairman and Ranking Member on the same page, it's over.
Go back to guarding Doritos, lady...
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Looks like she resigned.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 15:16 last edited by Mik
She will be lucky to avoid prosecution. Her lack of enlightening information was deliberate.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 15:21 last edited by
Difficult to imagine a worse train wreck than yesterday. I felt a little bad for her. But clearly the organization she helmed was dysfunctional.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 15:25 last edited by
Gerry Connolly is calling for her to resign because she had no comment about whether the AR15 being legal was the cause. What a fucking idiot.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 15:30 last edited by
Not specific to this case as I didn't watch any of the questioning, but I rarely feel terribly good about these kinds of hearings as it is all dinner theater - feigned outrage, goofy questions, etc. While having open hearings provides transparency, it rarely does anything to maintain or restore one's faith in government, the intelligence and/or sanity of the people who govern us or hope for the future.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 15:30 last edited by
@George-K said in Secret Service under fire:
I'm not sure a whistleblower was needed for that. I presumed the building was outside the security perimeter because the Secret Service relied on local law enforcement to keep it secure and the local cops likely didn't take the building too seriously because it was hot out and, let's be honest, the idea of someone climbing on the roof and shooting when surrounded by so many cops, was likely the furthest thing from their minds.
A failure, for sure... but I can easily see how it happened.
Further, the security perimeter around these events is almost ALWAYS smaller than you think, with the ability for people to shoot guns from far away at the target. But the distance (difficulty) mixed with the ability to maneuver around secondary law enforcement, usually deters would-be assassins.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 16:11 last edited by Jolly
Then they better rethink. I hunted with several guys that shot bowling pins at 300 yards.
Check out the M4 qualification card:
You can be a half-notch above piss-poor and still hit center mass reliably from a prone position at 150 meters (about 165 yards). I am a mediocre shot and I've never missed a prone shot at less than 300 yards on a standing (not running) deer or bigger animal. Two guys I hunted with never missed a shot (that I know of) at a running deer at less than 100 yards.
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"Shaking and in silence" is a bit dramatic
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@89th said in Secret Service under fire:
"Shaking and in silence" is a bit dramatic
Dunno. Luna told her she wants her charged with perjury.
And she might have the votes to do it.
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wrote on 23 Jul 2024, 17:17 last edited by
That’s not how indictments work.
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Didn’t we have an over/under on this resignation?
I seem to remember saying August 1st. I was off by a week and a day.
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@89th said in Secret Service under fire:
"Shaking and in silence" is a bit dramatic
The best part was the closeup of the puddle forming under her chair, while the sweat dripped from her forehead and onto the table. Her white knuckle death grip on the arms of her chair, her fingernails gouging parts of the finish as she was reduced to quivering tears. Riveting video. The screams at the end, begging God to please make it stop, made me realize that public servanthood is not for everybody. When she finally challenged AOC to a mud wrestling match at the end to settle their difference "like real women", I understood why she was selected as the director of the Secret Service.
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@jon-nyc said in Secret Service under fire:
That’s not how indictments work.
I know. But it can be referred to Garland. And right now I suspect he is in CYA mode.
