US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN.
I could easily keep my grouping within an inch or two at that distance shooting at a stationary target with no pressure about being shot myself at any given moment. When I’ve had deer in the scope at that range or a little further and the adrenaline starts pumping I need to pull back and catch my breath or I’ll sweep the cross hairs over the entire body without being able to keep steady and settle. Aiming at a former pres knowing secret service could pop you in a second, that’s a recipe for extreme nerves and adrenaline.
It’s just crazy that the perimeter was like 100m if trained snipers routinely take out targets at 1km+. If they really thought Iran was a threat it definitely doesn’t look like they did anything to stop it (and I think the thing that is really stopping other nation states from assassinating American heads of state or candidates is the guarantee that the US would invade like the next day, not the logistics of actually carrying it out).
I could easily keep my grouping within an inch or two at that distance shooting at a stationary target with no pressure about being shot myself at any given moment. When I’ve had deer in the scope at that range or a little further and the adrenaline starts pumping I need to pull back and catch my breath or I’ll sweep the cross hairs over the entire body without being able to keep steady and settle. Aiming at a former pres knowing secret service could pop you in a second, that’s a recipe for extreme nerves and adrenaline.
It’s just crazy that the perimeter was like 100m if trained snipers routinely take out targets at 1km+. If they really thought Iran was a threat it definitely doesn’t look like they did anything to stop it (and I think the thing that is really stopping other nation states from assassinating American heads of state or candidates is the guarantee that the US would invade like the next day, not the logistics of actually carrying it out).