Now, this is odd
The other day I came across an interesting fact about Jerry Parr, the Secret Service agent credited for having saved Reagan’s life by pushing him into the car when Hinkley tried to assassinate him, and making the decision to go to the hospital when no one had yet realized that Reagan had been shot (they thought he’d merely broken a rib from the shove):
Parr’s interest in joining the Secret Service originated as a boy after watching Code of the Secret Service (1939) starring Ronald Reagan as agent “Brass” Bancroft.
That’s quite a coincidence.
Another interesting fact:
Parr came to believe that God had directed his life to save Reagan, and became a pastor after leaving the Secret Service.
Here’s the famous photo of the moment:
The assassination attempt changed the way presidents are ushered in and out of buildings.
If you’ve ever seen a Presidential motorcade, there’s like 5-15 vehicles that look exactly the same.
From an attacker’s point of view, there’s no way to tell which one, unless you have a GPS bug in the correct vehicle.
So one of the only ways to conduct attacker OPFOR versions of the setup is that the target must be visually identified first, and when are the situations where the target is visually identifiable?
When it is day time, when traveling between cars, and when in an open vehicle.
Properly set up defense systems aren’t surprised by attacks, because they funnel the attackers into a pre determined setting and time slot, by knowing in advance that this is the best chance for the attacker to setup the odds.
Know your weaknesses and all that. Then use deception and make those weaknesses look weak, but in reality fortify them into your strongholds.
Neo…
The Press change its M.O., too.
Forever after, a ‘death-camera’ is on the President whenever possible.
They want that ‘Jack Ruby’ video moment.
( I actually saw Ruby do the deed live. What a shocker !)
blert:
I saw Ruby live, too.
At YouTube I watched a documentary on the Reagan assassination attempt. It mentioned that those “death-cameras” way predated the Reagan assassination. In fact, why do you think there were so many cameras there that day? For that very reason.
AQ-Taliban killed Massoud in Afghanistan using a shaped charge in a camera, gaining access via an interview.