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It seems every video I see of this incident just shows more layers of failure. This is going to be discussed for quite some time. I imagine more than one book analyzing the situation will be written and I do not see any favorable conclusions.

From your other post focusing on the three ladies, I agree that they looked like bad extras in a B-movie. Regardless of how well they performed (which doesn’t appear to be well), if there is one thing I know about high level operators (which Secret Service should be) it’s that from day one they train and operate at such a high degree that no matter what they do they look good doing it. The appearance of professionalism is just as important as execution, because if you look good doing it then you must be doing it well.

Whether it was by design, complacency, or a reduction in standards this was by most accounts a complete failure. I have other “insider” knowledge that points to this not being a one off incident based on other recent interactions with the Secret Service. As a whole their expertise has seemed to drop over the last couple years.