This one said something similar to thatBut lots of people have testified. I would think that, were it true, as heated a grilling as usss folks have recieved, they would have offered that info in testimony to take some heat off.
Col. Paris answered:
“So, I am aware two were in the building, but again, I have not seen the Secret Service operations plan.”
Rep. Bishop continued:
“You say in the building—were they in a window [looking] out onto the scene?”
Col. Paris answered:
“From briefings that I have been given, I was told they were in a window, yes sir.”
Rep. Bishop continued:
“Did they remain on post?”
Col. Paris answered:
“I was told that at a certain point, they began searching along with other local officers. In the immediacy before––after Crooks had been identified as suspicious by them–”
Rep. Bishop continued:
“By them?”
Col. Paris answered:
“My understanding is that they identified Crooks for not matriculating, to my knowledge, Crooks never made it through the secure perimeter into the venue space itself. He was identified by those members as suspicious, in part, because of that. And at some point he produced the range finder which heighted that suspicion.”