• @tal@lemmy.today
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      I’d say that it’s probably one of the easier places, actually, because post-9/11, there’s a lot of security at the Super Bowl, whether-or-not a President is there. Like, they already have overhead marksmen and airspace restrictions and stuff, which is the sort of stuff that you’d put on the President at an event.

      I believe that the Super Bowl is considered to be a potential target because of its high visibility.

      IIRC, even before that, Tom Clancy had one of his books involve terrorists blowing up the Super Bowl with a small nuclear weapon.

      kagis

      Yeah, The Sum of All Fears.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sum_of_All_Fears

      The terrorists’ plan is to detonate the weapon at the Super Bowl in Denver while simultaneously staging a false flag attack on U.S. military forces in stationed in Berlin by East Germans disguised as Soviet soldiers.

      • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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        61 month ago

        And keep in mind if someone as prominent as Taylor Swift might be there Trump can sort of ride her coat tails security-wise.

        • Majorllama
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          01 month ago

          Hang on do you actually think that Taylor Swifts security detail is better than the fuckin secret service??

            • Majorllama
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              Yes… Because a generally liked pop singer and a highly controversial world leader have the same likelihood for being assassinated.

                • Majorllama
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                  Ok so that’s 1 for assassinated pop stars… And a couple hundred assassinated world leaders. Or 4 presidents if you wanna limit yourself to just the US and it’s relatively short history.

                  • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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                    11 month ago

                    There’s a lot more than just one - here’s a specific example with excessive violence and a lot of collateral damage

                    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimebag_Darrell

                    And here’s Wikipedia’s list of notable musicians, do note that someone performing at your local club or restaurant wouldn’t make it onto this list

                    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_murdered_musicians

                    Also, she’s a prominent woman and there are just a lot of creepy guys out there so she’d faced an immense amount of abuse from a distance and personal threats of a violent, sexual and violently sexual nature.

                  • @imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
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                    11 month ago

                    You really want to go down that road? Because I’m sure there’s a Wikipedia article that could show you a lot more attempted assassinations for pop stars than presidents /world leaders

              • @xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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                11 month ago

                If you don’t think Taylor Swift is under absolutely constant threat of assault and kidnapping then I have an incel in Brooklyn to sell you.

                • Majorllama
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                  … I never said she wasn’t? I simply find it comical that you think a pop star has a better security detail than the sitting president of the United States lol.

      • @Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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        21 month ago

        It depends on the funding of the aggressor. A lone dude isn’t going to have a chance. A national asset would have access to the means to take him out, but the risk is the CIA might find out and blow their cover.

        • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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          It’d be terrible if there was a bunch of recently fired federal agents with nothing to lose that already know the inner workings of presidential security that were able to plan something like that…

          • @Skyrmir@lemmy.world
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            21 month ago

            He already said he left orders to blow up Iran, so I could easily see Israel hiring a half dozen Iranians and giving them some RPGs.

    • @teamevil@lemmy.world
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      61 month ago

      I’ve been in NOLA for the Superbowl all week (I get to leave Friday) this place is locked down as tightly as DC was during the 2020 elections.