Knowing that there was a credible threat against the former
president, how could that perimeter be so small that it
excluded a building just 150 yards away from the podium?
I can't get into the specifics of of any threats,
but obviously with all of our protectees, we're constantly monitoring
the threats that are out there and we design our
security plan based on that.
Also, depending on the venue and the environment that we're
in, Secret Service respects local law enforcement and we could
not do our job either investigatively or on our protective
mission without them.
At that particular, we divided up areas of responsibility, but
this but the Secret Service is solely responsible for the
design and the implementation and the execution of the site.
And that's what I was trying to stress was that
we just divided up areas of responsibility and they provided
support to those areas of responsibility.
On that same day, they were also working the first
lady trip and a vice presidential trip.
So I understand the constraints that they're under and and
as I said earlier, we couldn't do our job without
them.
The first ladies also been Pittsburgh.
You guys have a lot of areas to cover.
Were any assets diverted from the former president's rally to
her detail?
No, there were no assets from the Secret Service that
were diverted at all.
OK, so no one swapped out at any of the
post, for example?
No Was every element, every part of his from the
intelligence to the counter assault team to the detail agents
to the shift agents.
I mean every element top to bottom of the advance
and the operation.
Was every element increased after you learned of this credible
threat?
What we increased was what we felt was appropriate for
the former president and for that particular event on that
day.
We have been increasing the assets and the resources and
the staffing that we have been providing to the former
president.