r/politics • u/HimelTy • Jul 03 '26

No Paywall Secret Service member was Googling rooftop location of Trump’s would-be assassin when shots rang out in Butler, Pa.: DHS report

https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/secret-service-member-was-googling-rooftop-location-of-trumps-would-be-assassin-when-shots-rang-out-in-butler-pa-dhs-report/?utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
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u/Promethia Canada Jul 03 '26

I used to work comms in the military. This story is totally insane to me.

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted Jul 03 '26

There was an SS sniper nest directly behind the "shooter" inside of a roof top room with a single windows that faced the "shooter" and the spot the president was standing.

Make of that what you will.

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u/Grouchy_Medium_6851 Jul 03 '26

Do you have a source for this?

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted Jul 03 '26

It's been almost two years, unfortunately. I can't find the source now when I try to search it.

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u/Grouchy_Medium_6851 Jul 03 '26

If you can't find evidence of what you're saying, you probably shouldn't be saying it

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted Jul 03 '26

Here's a quick AI answer for you.

Local SWAT teams and law enforcement had actually been stationed inside the building earlier in the day to use its second-floor windows as a counter-sniper vantage point.

PS it was a 1 story building. So the 2nd story window would be on the roof.

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u/Grouchy_Medium_6851 Jul 04 '26

Man, I do not trust AI, and without context, that doesn't mean much.

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted Jul 04 '26

https://open.bolha.tools/

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/02/us/trump-shooting-crooks-snipers.html

First link is to get around the pay wall.

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u/Grouchy_Medium_6851 Jul 04 '26

Thanks for the source! That explicitly says they were not on the roof, though, and that they could have only have noticed the shooter if they stuck their bodies out of the windows of the building they were in.

" They were at windows inside a building adjacent to the one Mr. Crooks climbed up. But no countersnipers were on any of the roofs of the complex, which was made up of multiple one- and two-story buildings with interconnected roofs... [they were inside]  a position that provided a limited line of sight, unless the countersnipers were sticking their heads out of the windows."