Tom Fitton:
Newly released records show that when Secret Service agents rushed to try to rescue Obama’s chef Tafari Campbell, who was drowning, both of the agency's boats were inoperable. The agents had to borrow the groundskeeper's boat. A Secrete Service report describes how two agents “attempted to start one of the boats but had difficulties lowering the motor. I headed down with [redacted] but told her to continue down and yelled to SA [redacted] and SSA [redacted] that I would run to get the keys for our USSS boat. I sprinted to the CP [Command Post], grabbed the keys and sprinted back towards the boats. A similar issue occurred with the motor on the second boat. We jumped into a third boat belonging to the groundskeeper and it worked without issue.” @JudicialWatch forced the release of this startling disclosure through a Federal FOIA lawsuit.
They didn’t know how to trim the motors up or down.. yeah ok. Or they had left the keys on “run” in the ignitions, draining the batteries bone dry. Yeah ok. Or they could have waded in the water..it wasn’t deep but their clothes would have gotten wet so.. yeah ok. Or they were told to take their time.
Or somebody actually fucked with the motor mounts so that they couldn't be lowered into position.