White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect Cole Allen sent anti-Trump manifesto to family before opening fire

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15. Did you read the article?

He was apparently staying at the hotel and posted observations from outside and inside just before the event -

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Like, the one thing that I immediately noticed walking into the hotel is the sense of arrogance,” Allen wrote. “I walk in with multiple weapons and not a single person there considers the possibility that I could be a threat.”

Ahead of the dinner, attendees only had to show their ticket and go through one round of magnetometers to get to the main ballroom where the event would be held, which Allen noted.

“The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before,” he said. “Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.”

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I can't verify the veracity of what the original source (NY "Boast" ) reported that other outlets like this one, picked up to include in their articles as the "manifesto", but I expect that the description of the security profile was correct - that most of the concentration of LEO was outside on the street with the protestors. And since this was a "black tie event" (which is formal) then a decision was made to low-key it inside the hotel.