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This is the most INSANE story from the war in Ukraine that you've never heard. Until now!
A group of Russian cops who tried to seize Kyiv by themselves!
It's long, it's in-depth, and it's also my new favorite article!
Tim McMillan
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Tim McMillan
@LtTimMcMillan
Retired LEO | I Investigate stuff and write about it.🕵️♂️ Co-Founder: @Debriefmedia, Bylines: @dcexaminer @PopMech @VICENews | GO GATORS!!! 🐊 🏈
- 🧵Having personally worked several Presidential and Vice Presidential security details, here’s some of my thoughts based on the available info of the assassination attempt on Trump.
- UPDATE 🧵: Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) recently provided a 7-page report to several federal ministries, that conclude a number of Russian right-wing extremist and neo-Nazis are currently serving in the ranks of Russian forces involved in the war in Ukraine.
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(7) Secret Service advanced teams would have absolutely pre-scouted the location and identified the building the shooter used as a vulnerable spot in the defense. Which begs the question, how was this guy still able to climb on the roof and get off a shot?
- BREAKING: Head of the Odesa Regional Defense and Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych confirm the flag ship of the Russian Black Sea fleet, the missile cruiser “Moskva” was hit and on fire following 2 Neptune missile strikes.
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(8) Based on limited details at this point, IMO, the security breakdown occurred in the middle tier, which would likely include law enforcement who were supposed to be assigned to the area near the outbuildings.
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(6) Essentially they were scanning for threats a great distances well beyond the roughly 150 meters the threat appeared. This is evidenced by the fact that the elevated counter sniper has to dramatically drop his line of sight to respond to the shooter.
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(10) gun climbed up on the roof, f*cked up. 3. People have said that witnesses saw the guy with the gun on the roof, told police, but that they failed to respond and prevent the assassination attempt. So how does that happen?
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(9) How that significant of a breakdown could occur is up for speculation. However, like I said this tier is largely dependent on local law enforcement and not the Secret Service. So speculatively, the local LEOs who were supposed to be in the area and make sure no one with a
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(2) 1. The Secret Service employ a multi-tiered defense in depth approach to protective missions. An inner tier offer close protection support, these being the agents you see rushing in and surrounding Trump after the initial shots go off.
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(17) So in summary, when looking for blame in this massive security failure, if I was a betting man, I’d say the answer rests with whatever detail (likely local LEOs) were assigned to the area near the outbuildings.
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(5) 2. People have wondered how could the counter snipers in the videos not have seen the would be assassin prior to him getting off a shot. This is because the area of responsibility for those counter snipers on the roof behind Trump was very likely in the extend tier
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(3) A second middle tier is tasked with identifying and defending against mid-range threats, i.g. the crowd, etc. This tier is largely comprised of local and state law enforcement temporarily attached to the security detail. This is the area that I worked on prior details.
- Replying to @LtTimMcMillan(14) I actually saw what can go wrong in these scenarios first-hand when President Bush’s Secret Service detail almost engaged a local police SWAT/counter sniper team during the 2004 G8 summit. No one had properly communicated the local SWAT team’s position so all the
