It seems so.
Yesterday, an hour before a rally that drew more than 17,000 people, the Secret Service apparently sent down an order to stop screening people for weapons.
The order to put down the metal detectors and stop checking purses and laptop bags came as a surprise to several Dallas police officers who said they believed it was a lapse in security.
Dallas Deputy Police Chief T.W. Lawrence, head of the Police Department’s homeland security and special operations divisions, said the order — apparently made by the U.S. Secret Service — was meant to speed up the long lines outside and fill the arena’s vacant seats before Obama came on.
“Sure,” said Lawrence, when asked if he was concerned by the great number of people who had gotten into the building without being checked. But, he added, the turnout of more than 17,000 people seemed to be a “friendly crowd.”
Okay, you have a person who could potentially be president and you stop screening people who come to see him? This means that a person could have brought a gun or bomb into this place unchecked.
If I were Obama, I’d be very concerned about the people who were supposed to be protecting me.
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