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Jesus. This shit was rigged.

I still want to understand how "normal/frequent" these packages are and if they didn't just highlight a routine occurrence for political purposes or tried to present packages that didn't really contain explosive devices as such.

And I don't get why Tim thinks this is anywhere near the proportion of 9/11.

This was targeted towards four people, not 1,500.

I suppose even if theyre common for the secret service, they probably arent as common for those not protected by the secret service

@Phalynx Yes, which is why I was a little taken aback by the comparison.

I see...

I'm trying to find stats on the Secret Service, but coming up blank so far ...

I dont know, but as a Brit, I know that over the years I've heard lots of occasions as to when things have been caught before getting to the intended target and it's always just treated as "Yeah, we're just doing what we do"

Hmm, how fishy...

Here are some stats:

"More than 2.5 million members of the general public and 2 million bags screened through more than 1,216 magnetometer/X-ray operations assignments, including approximately 13,198 weapons seized at magnetometer checkpoints;"

It's not exactly what I am looking for, but it's getting closer.

https://www.secretservice.gov/press/reports/

"Protection for 1,444 visits of foreign heads of state/heads of government and spouses to the United States;"

"Over 366 arrests by the Uniformed Division for a variety of criminal violations;"

You're getting closer...

So, not trying to jump to conclusions, but from the mere frequency, it MIGHT be a daily occurrence.

Letter bombs might still be a bit out of the ordinary, but I want to know if they were just extra selective about reporting due to elections approaching.

Did they even confirm those turned out to be bombs? Because a lot of reports say "suspected".

Possibly...

Again, Note 7's, dont know if theyre a trick or a treat

And are Hilary Clinton and some of the other people targeted under secret service protection?

This is the level of detail they share with the public normally. Not sure how much can be concluded from it.

Xraying that many things could be telling

Page 9 of the report goes into their mail screening program.

But then airports do that routinely

These seem to be overall statistics. Not clear on specific items...

Again, my main question is whether the people targeted are even under the protection of the sercet service

Because that could be an indicator of why it's bigger news than usual

If the secret service are dealing with it all the time, and something doesnt go through them, then its a higher likelyhood of something not being caught

Yes, I want overall stats.

I want to know how frequently SS encounters incidents of this severity.

I want to know if this really is such an extraordinary event or they picked one out of dozens/hundreds to feed the media before the election.

But are the people targeted under SS protection?

Yes.

Ok

Then I would tend to agree that it's a possible case of selective reporting 😃

Page 5 of the FY 2016 report.