Heads Should Roll—But Will They?

Let’s get serious, folks. After all these years of almost no one being held accountable in the federal government, why should things change, just because a former president was almost assassinated? We can all tell that the Secret Service is not only an incompetent investigative agency, but they either don’t know how to provide adequate protection to their protectees or they refuse to take this responsibility seriously.

In spite of the substantial lack of information, we do know certain things:

• Incompetence in the USSS is rampant.
• They are incapable of doing an investigation of this magnitude.
• They are reluctant to hold anyone accountable and are dragging their feet after three weeks to pinpoint the decision-makers.
• They still have not interviewed key decision-makers in their agency and in local law enforcement.
• They don’t know how to prioritize what is important to know immediately.

It appears that they are giving everything in the investigation equal priority, even though they lack the resources to look into all the potential issues simultaneously. Does anyone know which are the most significant things to know at this time?

I don’t care whether the Acting Secret Service Director is ashamed (although he should be). I care about whether he has assigned resources properly. It is urgent that he do so.

Donald Trump has said he plans to schedule more outside venues for his campaigning, although the Secret Service has discouraged him from following through (and probably rightly so). What do they need to know—what steps need to be taken—what assurances need to be given—to make sure that Donald Trump is not assassinated?

Should he take the risk and schedule his rallies outside?