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Jorg's avatar

Second thought: USSS totally exemplifies Conquest's Third Law: "The simplest way to explain the behavior of any bureaucratic organization is to assume that it is controlled by a cabal of its enemies", and Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy: "In any bureaucratic organization, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always gain control of the organization and write the rules under which it functions. This means that those who prioritize the organization’s goals and objectives are gradually marginalized, and those who focus on maintaining and expanding the bureaucracy’s own interests and power take control."

So, the USSS has been take over by a cabal of career bureaucrats who are the enemy of the USSS.

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“The most explosive possibility is that the Secret Service did a bad job of protecting Trump because they, or at least some key people, didn’t much want him protected…” I think this is the most likely explanation along with a huge dollop of typical government incompetence.

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