John, maybe your most important take-away is that Cheatle's resigning doesn't solve anything. Who is in charge of the investigation now? Who is going to implement changes in USSS procedures and start building up resources and morale? This is not only a long term question of improving the effectiveness of the Executive Branch. Both Republican and Democrat candidates are out there campaigning every day, and they are at-risk until we get improvements made.
So where is Majorkis on this, is he taking charge? What about the VP? The President himself? This is a serious national crisis and no one seems to be in charge. The USSS has already gotten one person killed, and there are many more bad guys still out there.
I agree with your analysis as far as it goes and Cheatle's subsequent resignation should not put an end to Congressional oversight of SS. However, the obvious alternative of summoning Mayorkus will not be worth anyone's time as he is a pro at not answering any questions that expose his horrendous performance. What I can't understand is how an organization with a two billion dollar budget can't afford a better CEO than Ms Cheatle?
I think that the majority of their grandstanding was about gun control. I made the decision not to discuss that extensively because it was not the focus of my article and I did not want to dilute that.
John, maybe your most important take-away is that Cheatle's resigning doesn't solve anything. Who is in charge of the investigation now? Who is going to implement changes in USSS procedures and start building up resources and morale? This is not only a long term question of improving the effectiveness of the Executive Branch. Both Republican and Democrat candidates are out there campaigning every day, and they are at-risk until we get improvements made.
So where is Majorkis on this, is he taking charge? What about the VP? The President himself? This is a serious national crisis and no one seems to be in charge. The USSS has already gotten one person killed, and there are many more bad guys still out there.
Spot on, Rick.
I agree with your analysis as far as it goes and Cheatle's subsequent resignation should not put an end to Congressional oversight of SS. However, the obvious alternative of summoning Mayorkus will not be worth anyone's time as he is a pro at not answering any questions that expose his horrendous performance. What I can't understand is how an organization with a two billion dollar budget can't afford a better CEO than Ms Cheatle?
I think you are correct about Mayorkas. But I think they need to call him to hold him accountable and expose the rot.
I thought that there was more grandstanding than you indicated, but otherwise, spot on. It's simply stunning.
I think that the majority of their grandstanding was about gun control. I made the decision not to discuss that extensively because it was not the focus of my article and I did not want to dilute that.