Those who cannot remember the past, George Santayana warned in 1905, are condemned to repeat it. One has to wonder if nine weeks qualifies as “the past” in the context of two assassination attempts on former president Donald Trump. Even while the US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security remained reluctant to fully disclose their failures on July 13, another attempt on Trump has everyone wondering what went wrong this time.
We have a clearer picture of the near-past now, thanks to a whistleblower report compiled by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO). The report covers some details already known to the public, but reveals other points of failure not yet in the public discussion. For instance, one enduring question has been how the Secret Service could have left a rooftop less than 150 yards away from the stage unsecured in Butler, PA.
The answer? According to Hawley’s…
