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Home Front: Politix
Secret Service boss says 'the buck stops with me' — still won't resign
2024-07-17
[NYPOST] Embattled Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledged the "buck stops with me" as she responded to criticism of her agency’s disastrous handling of former President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
’s attempted liquidation — but refused to resign from her post.

"It was unacceptable," Cheatle told ABC News Monday of her agency’s response to Saturday’s Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa. "And it’s something that shouldn’t happen again."

Cheatle has faced steadily increasing pressure to step down after overseeing security at the event which 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks fired multiple shots with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle from a nearby rooftop, wounding former President Trump and two others and killing a former firefighter.

"It was obviously a situation that as a Secret Service agent, no one ever wants to occur in their career," she told the outlet.

"The buck stops with me. I am the director of the Secret Service, and I need to make sure that we are performing a review and that we are giving resources to our personnel as necessary."

She said she would not resign when pressed.
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Posted by:Fred

#21  We have talked about civil servant needing to play a game of the original Sim City, maybe Sim City 2000.

Let's talk about another game, D.R.A.G.O.N. Force, it's really about picking the right crew for a job.

Fast forward to today's 'futbol simulator' games, it isn't complicated, running a 4-4-2 defense, how do you do a Megan Rapanoe instead of Alexi Lalas?

And how does a player move the ball from center pitch all the way to the penalty box for an unopposed try from the top of the box?

I think these are fair questions.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-07-17 21:43  

#20  ^ Avoid elevators -- the doors seem to open on empty shafts fortuitously.
Posted by: magpie   2024-07-17 21:28  

#19  If this was Moscow, I'd advise avoiding tall buildings.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2024-07-17 18:09  

#18  House Oversight Committee issues subpoena for Secret Service director's testimony
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2024-07-17 16:21  

#17  Why should she resign? She's still a woman.
Posted by: Zebulon Pelosi3811   2024-07-17 15:44  

#16  Very bad smell and the investigation hasn't even begun.

Trump shooter Thomas Crooks seen at rally an HOUR before shooting in shocking new video
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-07-17 15:30  

#15  Agent Butterfinger had no business being in the field, and damn lucky she didn't accidentally shoot someone.

Just the physical match up would have been like me guarding Shaq.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-07-17 14:28  

#14  Subpoena issued.
Posted by: Frank G   2024-07-17 14:09  

#13  I would recommend transportation decoys, both air and ground. I would also recommend increased security for Trump and Vance families. Future Trump rally activity could be VTC Jumbo Screen. Inauguration event should be downsized or VTC.

This madness is not likely to stop.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-17 13:40  

#12  Very bad smell and the investigation hasn't even begun. Just like 9/11, they tried once and they will try again. Trump needs to bring in his own team of security advisors.
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-07-17 13:30  

#11  'Sloped Roof' looks ADA Slope Compliant.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-07-17 13:23  

#10  I'm waiting for the sexism card.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-07-17 11:41  

#9  The FBI director has a 10 year term and will be fired. The SS director is a regular appointment. She will resign along with all the other clowns near to shift change. She will be hired by somebody in the private sector that isn’t at risk of being assassinated.
Posted by: Super Hose   2024-07-17 11:24  

#8  How 'bout Kurt Schlicter for AG? Yes / no / somewhere else?
Posted by: Raj   2024-07-17 10:08  

#7  The buck followed the doe.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2024-07-17 09:55  

#6  "The buck stops with me" and yet you're still here.
I guess the buck just stopped and sat down.
Posted by: ed in texas   2024-07-17 08:04  

#5  @4 This still doesn't explain why the SS didn't rush Trump off the stage immediately after learning that a suspicious individual who was likely armed and possibly a sniper was close by at at dangerous distance.

Overly restrictive ROE with regards to firearm use at a public event may be somewhat understandable.

Overly restrictive ROE with regards to purely defensive measures when confronted with a credible, likely deadly threat are unjustifiable.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2024-07-17 07:57  

#4  Obstructed view of shooter may have delayed sniper response during attempted assassination of Trump
Posted by: Gromble+Dribble4342   2024-07-17 05:52  

#3  Or Mark Levin for AG
Posted by: Ebbaiter Lover of the Gepids7842   2024-07-17 04:04  

#2  She should be CHARGED, not allowed to resign.

I still say Ken Paxton for AG. Cruz knows the law but he's too nice. Ken will happily go after these people.
Posted by: Silentbrick   2024-07-17 02:35  

#1  She wont have to. She will get fired when Trump is president.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2024-07-17 02:05  

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