Heads Will Roll

   After the series of atrocious blunders, you knew Secret Service Director Julia Pierson was toast.  She had to go.  Maybe she was the most clueless director ever, but what about the agents themselves?  Did whoever hire them assess their basic IQ's?  Even if your Director is inadequate, should a Secret Service Agent need someone to tell him that he needs to stop a fence jumper as  soon as possible. A basic rule for any security guard is exactly that----guard what you're hired to do.  That training should take about an hour at most:  "Do not let any unauthorized individual into the area that you're supposed to protect."   And if the President of the United States, a man who has been threatened many times, enters an elevator, at least install a metal detector.   Security for concerts and public buildings have figured that out.  We quake when the President travels out of the country or even makes a public appearance in this country, but he and his family should at least feel safe in their home. 
    If I were Director, the first thing I would have done was fire the oafs who let an intruder run past them---AFTER climbing a fence.  And, assuming there are security cameras, as there are in most grocery stores, I would get rid of the people who should have been observing.  And if Agents are too out of shape to run the guy down, hire those who are fit.  And if they are too timid to use their guns on a potential assassin, provide them with Tasers, which ordinary cops seem to have no problem using, even on those already in custody.  And just imagine what would happen if the intruder ran onto a football field.
    I was in an Amtrak station in Baltimore, and the alleged security consisted of four fat guys, with guns.  I saw them early in the morning all gathered at the main desk, backs to the front door, chatting with the woman behind the desk.  Someone could have walked  in and wiped out all of them before they even turned around.   That's the thing:   Surprise attacks are never announced.