CDM By Roger Stone
The near miss as another of President Trump’s wannabe assassins charged past the agents and magnetometers at the Washington Hilton on Saturday night was no random spasm of violence. It was a calculated incursion that exposed the dangerous vulnerabilities of holding high profile presidential events at commercial venues. What should have been an evening of ceremony and spectacle instead became a chilling reminder that the enemies of order need only one opening.
The alleged gunman, Cole Tomas Allen, a 31 year old from Torrance, California, came perilously close to turning a glittering media gala into a national catastrophe. According to public reports, Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives. He was also a registered guest at the hotel, a status that reportedly allowed him to bypass several outer security layers applied to non-guests and move throughout the premises with relative ease.
Authorities say he had checked into the hotel one or two days before the event after traveling cross country by train. As a paying guest, he blended into the stream of transient foot traffic that makes hotel security so difficult to control. Around 8:36 in the evening, he allegedly charged a Secret Service checkpoint near the ballroom entrance and opened fire.
One Secret Service officer was struck and survived because of a ballistic resistant vest. Had that armor not held, the nation might be mourning a fallen law enforcement officer today. Thankfully, Allen was subdued and taken into custody before reaching the main ballroom where President Trump, the First Lady, the Vice President, cabinet officials, donors, media figures, and invited dignitaries had assembled.
No additional injuries were reported among those under protection, but the implication is unmistakable. The attacker appears to have sought to get close enough to kill the President of the United States.
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