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Brussels police arrest Rubio security detail supervisor after hotel fight (www.washingtonexaminer.com)
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Four sources told the Washington Examiner that Rubio’s protective detail is under severe strain and has been stretched to a near-breaking point by senior leadership. One source provided explicit examples of how resource stretches have led to vulnerabilities in protection. One State Department employee observed that “shift supervisors [on Rubio’s detail] have an incomprehensible workload. They are responsible for all the agents under them, scheduling, evaluations and a preposterous amount of admin work [as well as] performing the actual shift work. They work 6 to 7 days a week. I truly believe this [incident] was the result of incomprehensible strain [the agent] was placed under and, at the very least, [Diplomatic Security Service] owes [the agent] a very fair evaluation of these circumstances in their totality – looking deep into [DSS’s] own role [in what happened].”

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

the agent in question was behaving erratically and became irate when hotel staff refused to reopen the bar beyond its normal hour

Yikes.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No one ever talks about the drug use that is prevalent in our modern society - both legal and illegal.

Professionals and military personnel take uppers to keep them focused, stimulants to keep them sharp and all sorts of other things to keep them going all the time. It's great if things are working good all the time but no one is a Superman that can maintain that lifestyle for very long. Humans are designed to that for very long.

Look at the history of Pervitin an early form of methamphetamine used by Nazi Germany during the Second World War ... it was a drug that would keep soldiers awake and fighting for days with superhuman ability. Even Hitler used it to keep up active. But after a few years of this, it was common to see soldiers showing signs of mental breakdown ... Hitler starting shaking like a meth addict later on.

Since the war ... drug use and development has only become more modern and sophisticated. I know several professionals, especially in the medical field that use drug cocktails to keep them awake, sharp and mentally focused .... the use another batch to bring them down and on and on. The military is also famous for this.

I can only imagine what this guy in Brussels had in his system when he went berserk

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I'll comment on the military perspective because it's what I know. Manpower surges (working 12+ hour shifts 7 days a week) are meant to be implemented for days or weeks, not long-term. After a handful of weeks mission effectiveness deteriorates rapidly. People burn out, struggle to focus, make simple mistakes, and become difficult to work with and irritable. Compound that with the stress of certain jobs and it's even worse.

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