From the Wall Street Journal:
Like other assassins and would be assassins, this guy simply seems to be a rejected loner who was trying to create immortality by inserting himself into the history books. That he came so close in this day and age is simply mind-boggling.
The gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump was able to fly a drone and get aerial footage of the western Pennsylvania fairgrounds shortly before the former president was set to speak there, law-enforcement officials briefed on the matter said, further underscoring the stunning security lapses ahead of Trump’s near assassination.
Thomas Matthew Crooks flew the drone on a programmed flight path earlier in the day on July 13 to scour the Butler Farm Show grounds ahead of Trump’s ill-fated rally, the officials said. The predetermined path, the officials added, suggests Crooks flew the drone more than once as he researched and scoped out the event site.
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The use of the drone was just one way in which authorities have said Crooks planned his attack. Crooks, described by friends as very smart yet withdrawn, began researching the site shortly after the Trump campaign announced the rally on July 3, and registered for the event on July 7, officials said. He visited the farm show grounds a few days later to scope it out.
No one in Washington, D.C. ever seems to get fired for incompetence, but this really seems beyond the pale.Like other assassins and would be assassins, this guy simply seems to be a rejected loner who was trying to create immortality by inserting himself into the history books. That he came so close in this day and age is simply mind-boggling.
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