Former Secret Service agent on response to Trump assassination attempt

Charles Marino is a former U.S. Secret Service agent and former Homeland Security adviser. He joined CBS News with his take on the security surrounding last weekend's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

[amandahitchcock]

They have not been held accountable at all for any of it. It's disgusting

[colincampbell]

Boy those trees just came out of nowhere

[markalbert]

They were defeated by a sloped roof and a tree?? Seriosly?!?!

[elviamata]

Full of crap. Are they professional or amateur. Give me a break.

[setojinro]

Lol The Head of Secret Service couldn't look more sus.

[tomfullery]

How is it even possible for those snipers to be up there? Aren't those roofs sloped? Cheatle said she couldn't put anyone on a sloped roof.

[ajcates]

Thank goodness we don’t have trees on the battlefield

[Eagle-eye-gs]

This looks like " six ways from Sunday " and it smells like swamp gas.

[lindae]

What about the Butler officer who went up on the roof and saw the kid pointing the gun at him? He dropped down but there were at least 2 or more minutes to call for backup. The ex pres shouldn't have even been allowed on the stage at that point.

[FuriousGerbil]

Look at all these bots cbs has. the media is so muffed

[Johntheheadache]

A 5'3 woman protecting a 6'2 man from bullets. If I needed protection and she shows up I'd simply say..NOPE!

[Emilia-lerr]

This could have been prevented 🤦🏼‍♀️ They are at fault!

[jeffreywilliams]

It's not about increasing resources. It's about intelligently applying the existing ones. Who was in charge of the entire scene security that day. Whose boots were on the ground and had command? Five days status post, and can't find this information anywhere.

[gregoryberg]

They had over a dozen cops available when they were busting through the chain link fence, but they didn’t have one or two to post on a roof?

[herculydia]

I'm going to train for SS. But only if there are no trees. We need to cancel all trees so SS can do its job.

[whatsgood]

The CIA still thinks it's the 1960s. These clowns forgot we have iPhones and the internet now.

[SplashJohn]

Of course the female host cut him off as soon as he mentioned DEI and female agents. This is CBS after all.

[BlueWingedRino]

I am stunned they let Trump take the stage with all the information they had beforehand.

[gumbihilt]

So, an elevated position, with a clear line of sight, 150 yards away, was outside the secret service's perimeter?

That's either a stupid lie, or incompetence unlike any ever seen.

[michaelstetzer]

Guy walking with a backpack, rifle and a ladder….SS agent, hey what’s in the bag?