I found the vid I was talking about when I mentioned that some females can do better than holster fumbling lady.

I'd trust her over the current holster fumble lady.

I know how someone who's 5' 6" trying to shield a 6' 4" protectee from gunfire using their body will perform.  There's video of it if you need to see it.

We are talking about someone's physical ability to protect the president/other protectee, not whether they have the intestinal fortitude to take a bullet for someone else.

I figured you would know this.

You totally miss my point. You can have a massive 7' agent freeze in an emergency

Obviously you're relying on the minority to argue your point whereas standards are meant to apply to everyone.

Have you ever trained in realistic situations to know what to expect and how to react?  Repetition takes the emotion and turns it into a conditioned response.'

"Freeze" could be used to describe someone balled up under a table in the fetal position to someone who takes 2 seconds to register what just happened before they react.  Maybe you need to be more specific about what your point is, since it's not very clear.

My comment was clearly talking about performing under pressure, not something unchanging such as the height of an agent. Yes, good training helps to reduce people freezing under pressure or going code black but it doesn't eliminate it entirely.

We have no idea whether this agent was trained well and just performed poorly or whether the training was inadequate or if she was a DEI hire, etc. so we should stop making stupid assumptions.

My comment was clearly talking about performing under pressure, not something unchanging such as the height of an agent. Yes, good training helps to reduce people freezing under pressure or going code black but it doesn't eliminate it entirely.

We have no idea whether this agent was trained well and just performed poorly or whether the training was inadequate or if she was a DEI hire, etc. so we should stop making stupid assumptions.

You totally miss my point. You can have a massive 7' agent freeze in an emergency

My comment was clearly talking about performing under pressure, not something unchanging such as the height of an agent. Yes, good training helps to reduce people freezing under pressure or going code black but it doesn't eliminate it entirely.

We have no idea whether this agent was trained well and just performed poorly or whether the training was inadequate or if she was a DEI hire, etc. so we should stop making stupid assumptions.

You missed flapps numbers. Numbers don't lie. But I guess if we use whataboutism, the shorter agent can jump to fill the gap. Or wear 7 inch platform shoes. Or have the protectee constantly bend their knees to be shorter.

is it your belief that poorly trained Secret Service agents are assigned to protect our top political candidates and officials?

Is it your belief that all DEI hires are unable to perform the duties of an agent assigned to a protection detail?

I was talking about performance under pressure, not height. Obviously taller agents would be preferable to a tall protectee.

You are right that DEI creates a situation where people will question. The problem I am pointing out is that we shouldn't jump to unsupported questions. It is fine to ask whether standards were lowered to achieve DEI goals but it is not fine, in my opinion, to assert that any particular agent's performance was due to a lowered standard because that is something we do not know at this point.

I was talking about performance under pressure, not height. Obviously taller agents would be preferable to a tall protectee.

You are right that DEI creates a situation where people will question. The problem I am pointing out is that we shouldn't jump to unsupported questions. It is fine to ask whether standards were lowered to achieve DEI goals but it is not fine, in my opinion, to assert that any particular agent's performance was due to a lowered standard because that is something we do not know at this point.

I wonder if this HSI agents had actual protective roles or whether they were just perimeter security type roles?

If they had active protective rolls then this is terrible administration.

What if it wasn't a tragedy but part of a plan?

And at the same time, shorter agents won't be able to reach said height. So why take the gamble?  Eliminate/reduce that variable by having agents the same height, or very close to that of their protectee.  I mean Shaq would give them a hard time.

Well, the director of the SS said that she wants more women to be in the SS. Maybe she held a SS recruit drive and held a huge sign outside on a main road that's travelled to get the word out.  That's possible right?  If this wasn't a DEI hire, then that means the SS is even more incompetent.  At least they can blame "pushing students through and lowering standards" as an excuse.

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My apologies, that is a typo, I meant unsupported conclusions, not unsupported questions.

LOL!

Goal post moving is FUN!!

Sorry to deflate your balloon, I know you need it to troll.

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I'm still trying to see how using "question" vs. "conclusion" can be excused as a "typo."

Then you aren't trying very hard. Of course you have no incentive to try because then it wouldn't give you something to troll with.