 To that point, Starr writes, the excuse of the head of the Secret Service, the roof was too dangerous to be posted there, blah, blah, blah. That's the worst excuse anybody's ever put out for anything. From what I saw, she writes, the Secret Service agents huddled around the president to shield him from the bullets. Right. If Secret Service agents are trained to take that risk, how could a slightly sloped roof be more risky to agents than taking a bullet?