While it is certainly promising that Kim Cheatle has stepped down from directing the Secret Service, there are at least four other "high-level supervisors" who also need to go.
This is what a Secret Service counter sniper wrote in an email to the entire Uniformed Division of the Secret Service – the Uniformed Division does not include agents, by the way.
In the email, the counter sniper said he will not stop speaking out until the other four people on his radar "are either fired or removed from their current positions."
The counter sniper also wrote ominously that Americans "SHOULD expect another assassination attempt" on Donald Trump before the November election.
"This agency NEEDS to change," he further wrote, expressing that he is no longer proud of being a counter sniper for the Secret Service after what happened with Trump in Butler, Penn., on July 13.
"If not now, WHEN? The NEXT assassination in 30 days?"
(Related: We now know that Acting Secret Service director Ron Rowe denied Trump the extra security resources he requested at his rallies, including the one in Butler.)
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The incident with Trump is hardly the first time that the Secret Service has failed. The counter sniper says there have been serious problems with the federal agency for a long, long time.
"Sadly, we have fallen short for YEARS," he wrote. "We just look good doing it."
"I have conveyed these thoughts to not only supervisors (to include the current Captain of CS [counter snipers], but those responsible for training us (SOTS / CS). Only to be brushed off as those with less experience somehow knew more than me."
Because of the immense and systemic failures of the Secret Service over the years, the counter sniper says he is no longer proud to be part of the team, especially after what happened with Trump.
"The team I was once proud to be a part of, is something I have to somehow hide as I move into my next career," he said, embarrassed by the latest revelations. "Who wants to hire a USSS CS guy who failed? That's the public perception I'm now faced with. The USSS CS team is a stain I will never be able to cleanse."
The counter sniper concluded his letter by suggesting that people who work for the Secret Service are quitting left and right ever since Trump was targeted.
"The motto of the USSS ... CYA," he wrote. "And every supervisor is doing it right now."
One of the other four besides Cheatle who is likely on the counter sniper's chopping block is Ronald Rowe, the new acting director of the Secret Service. Rowe just testified before Congress that he "read" the recreational rangefinder rather than having first-hand knowledge like he should have.
"Fire him next!" wrote someone on X about Rowe.
"There's no justifying why any top brass at USSS should keep their jobs," wrote another. "Fire them all."
Another expressed worry that Trump will not be safe unless he hires his own private security detail "put together by people like Erik Prince and Dan Bongino."
"Tech billionaires supporting Trump could help with funding," this person further suggested, pointing to characters like Elon Musk. "Get former SEALs, SS, other spec guys that can be trusted. SS is politicized and compromised!"
Another outlined what the world has learned since July 13 about how Secret Service in Butler:
- Turned down drones from law enforcement
- Left the prime shooter building unsecured
- Let Trump on stage with a known threat in the area
- Didn't engage the shooter until after he fired
- Missed the hidden gun on a security sweep
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