On the Astonishing Security Failures Attending the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump represents one of the most astounding security failures in recent memory. If standards at the Butler rally represent how Trump has been protected until now, it’s amazing he wasn’t killed long ago. Thomas Matthew Crooks was by all accounts an unsophisticated would-be assassin, who raised the suspicion of law enforcement long before he opened fire, who took up his firing position in full view of many spectators who tried repeatedly to warn police, and wh...