After any such event as the one we witnessed on Saturday, in which a lunatic attempted to take the life of a former president of the United States, there are going to be questions. A lot of those questions will be aimed at the Secret Service - and at the Biden administration. 

The primary question will be this: "Who screwed up?" And the answers, at least, the answers that the general public sees, are bound to be interesting as the investigation proceeds. But there are some things we know now.

When Trump does events in New York, the NYPD ensures that he has nearly the same level of protection that President Biden does — including securing sight lines around any major events where a sniper could fire from.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, crawled on the roof of a building within easy rifle range of Trump — about 130 yards, a bit longer than a football field — and opened fire before being killed seconds later by Secret Service snipers, authorities said.

“The American people deserve to know the truth,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) declared shortly after the tragic shooting, referring to apparent security lapses leading up to the assassination attempt.

The Speaker is of course correct; a lot of us will be demanding answers. We'll want to see answers to questions like:

• How was the shooter able to close within 160 yards with a rifle, to take a visible position on a rooftop where people in the crowd saw him, with no apparent reaction by the Secret Service until he opened fire?
• How was the shooter able to approach the area with what are reported to have been explosives in his vehicle?
• Who was in charge of former President Trump's Service detail while this was going on?

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Former Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker appeared on Fox News Sunday morning and called the incident a "security breakdown."

There can be no doubt that there were some lapses. And is it possible that one of those may be laid at the feet of the Biden administration? The Biden-appointed Director of the Secret Service, Kimberly A. Cheatle, has made Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) a priority of the Service rather than just hiring the best, toughest, most dedicated, and, yes, best shots. Could this have resulted in a sub-par member of the Service being on the detail of a former president?

Video after the shooting shows numerous female Secret Service agents struggling in a crowd filled with larger men. One fumbles with her gun, while another adjusts her sunglasses.

In 2017, a Secret Service agent lost her job after stating on social media that she “wouldn’t take a bullet” for Trump, who at the time was a candidate for office.

In May of last year, Cheatle stated goals to have 30% female recruits by 2030. “I’m very conscious as I sit in this chair now, of making sure that we need to attract diverse candidates and ensure that we are developing and giving opportunities to everybody in our workforce, and particularly women,” Cheatle said.

There was at least one female agent in Donald Trump's immediate detail on Saturday. We see her directly in front of the camera, and full credit - she appears to be doing her job, presenting herself as a physical barrier between any shooter and her principal. She also presents a rather smaller barrier than her male counterparts. That's significant, and it's not sexist to point that out; it's simply a fact, as anyone with eyes to see can determine for themselves. This agent, mind you, does not appear to lack for courage - just size.

In the coming weeks, Director Cheatle and the Service in general will be expected to answer some tough questions. There appear to have been some major tactical lapses on the day of the attempted assassination. There appear to have been some rather bad hiring priorities implemented by the Biden-appointed Director. And there will be people in Congress, the media, and the American people that will be expecting answers because whoever screwed up in this instance almost caused the death of a former and almost-certainly-future president of the United States - that sad fate having been missed, literally, by a whisker.