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Cha

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40. Yeah, I know what you're saying.. one of her comments was..

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 01:00 AM

Oct 2014

Secret Service Director: ‘It’s hard to see at night’

Under questioning from Rep. Trey Gowdy, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson explains why the a housekeeper, instead of the Secret Service, found the damage left by the man who shot at the White House.

smh http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/its-hard-to-see-at-night-335893571701

Ouch!

The Collapse of the Secret Service

“I wish to God you protected the White House like you’re protecting your reputation here today,” Representative Stephen Lynch, a Democrat of Massachusetts, told the Secret Service director, Julia Pierson, at a hearing Tuesday morning."

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/01/opinion/Julia-Piersons-Secret-Service-and-the-White-House-Breach.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

Thanks for mentioning this possible scenario..

"My guess is that there are people in the organization undercutting her leadership.

She'd have to be a vicious political player to stay on top of that. I'm projecting my experiences of going through something similar."

We know how people can be.. who want to get ahead and don't care who or what they trample on.

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Rachel opening with secret security failures on msnbc 9 est [View all] flamingdem Sep 2014 OP

This is horrifying. This will embolden the rightwing terrorist militias more than the Bundy thing. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #1

Heads are going to roll...anytime Rachel starts ripping you HipChick Sep 2014 #2

Rachel has to be underpaid coldbeer Sep 2014 #22

Oh! It was an off duty agent who just by chance was in the White House who flamingdem Sep 2014 #3

It's like the detail tasked to protect the Obamas just plain DON'T GIVE A FUCK! MohRokTah Sep 2014 #4

FBI or CIA are leaking these stories HipChick Sep 2014 #6

Good if it means more information flamingdem Sep 2014 #7

Too late now...funny thing is I see a lot of SS around town HipChick Sep 2014 #8

Their job sounds boring and underpaid flamingdem Sep 2014 #13

Yep..sick to my stomach HipChick Sep 2014 #5

Which means that the SS that were sheshe2 Sep 2014 #11

That's what Rachel said, the agent who stopped the guy flamingdem Sep 2014 #12

That I did read, if I remember correctly he was with the Pres. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #15

Wow, he should get hired to protect the Pres. flamingdem Sep 2014 #18

I can't post a link because I can't jen63 Sep 2014 #17

I was kind of rolling my eyes at the initial "early adopter conspiracy theorists" bullwinkle428 Sep 2014 #9

I hope to Gods everyone at DU watches this. Hekate Sep 2014 #10

And then there was Robert Latta GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2014 #14

Rachel is available as an audio podcast. longship Sep 2014 #16

Thanks for that flamingdem Sep 2014 #19

I often grab the audio the next morning. longship Sep 2014 #21

Here's a link for a live flamingdem Sep 2014 #26

There's also a video podcast... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #38

Good.. will catch it later online.. I just posted this info about the SS on another thread.. Cha Sep 2014 #20

Mahalo Cha, Lawrence O'Donnell is continuing the story saying flamingdem Sep 2014 #23

It is really mind boggling how so much incompetance is going on in a life and death Cha Sep 2014 #28

Cha here is a link for flamingdem Sep 2014 #25

Thank you, flamingdem! Cha Sep 2014 #29

I'm sorry but I have to ask. What party does Ms. Pierson belong to? calimary Sep 2014 #24

You never know, but she's likely just too distant from flamingdem Sep 2014 #27

Found this, calimary.. Cha Sep 2014 #30

And the other thing that really burns, for me, is that there are those who will point at this calimary Sep 2014 #31

What I was thinking too.. A woman can do it.. just because Julia Pierson has Cha Sep 2014 #32

A woman can do it but she didn't seem that with it flamingdem Oct 2014 #37

Yeah, I know what you're saying.. one of her comments was.. Cha Oct 2014 #40

this is unacceptable on all levels. spanone Sep 2014 #33

I can already hear the screams of the Right claiming this is all to get the public to support Obama. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #34

watching the replay. this is unbelievable. un-fucking-believable spanone Oct 2014 #35

Me too, the list is stunning flamingdem Oct 2014 #36

My thoughts EXACTLY apples and oranges Oct 2014 #39