This is what Bongino had to say:
The question I keep getting from everyone….is, as a former Secret Service agent: How did this fake interpreter– as it turns out– get so close to the president? Unfortunately, on overseas trips this is what happens sometimes. I think this was a security debacle, I don’t think the Secret Service would run from that. But in my opinion, I think it’s time to seriously reevaluate our decision-making on sending the president overseas on these last-minute trips, to funerals and things of that sort….◼ Nelson Mandela memorial security scandal: 'There were no checks' - Byron York/Washington Examiner @ByronYork
The Secret Service does a great job, they’re really competent, dedicated individuals. I think there were a lot of political pressures to make this go well. I don’t want this, at all, to appear like I’m throwing them under the bus. Those are my guys, I still talk to them, they all do great work. I just think this was a really bad situation, and they’ll fix it…. I made some mistakes, too, when I worked there, and we fixed them later on.
...And then there was the question of Thamsanqa Jantjie, the fake sign language interpreter who stood next to Obama as the president addressed the crowd. Jantjie has in the past been charged with murder, attempted murder, rape, theft, housebreaking and kidnapping, according to the South Africa-focused news organization eNCA.com. Jantjie also suffers from schizophrenia and told reporters he was hallucinating even as he stood next to Obama.
Allowing a man with Jantjie's record to stand within arm's length of the president of the United States is a huge security concern in itself. In addition, the lack of security checks at entrances raises the question of whether Jantjie had been searched for weapons. It's bad enough to have a violent, crazy man who has been through a body search stand next to the president. It's absolutely unconscionable to allow that man next to the president with no search....
◼ Mandela sign language fake who stood next to President Obama ‘took part in necklace murder of two men who stole a TV’ - Red Alert Politics
Now, days after it was claimed he has faced charges for murder, rape and kidnapping, the four sources said he was part of a vigilante execution squad who placed tyres around their victims’ necks and set them ablaze – a horrific practice known as ‘necklacing’.
Unlike two other suspects who went to trial in 2006 for the killings, the four said on Monday that Jantjie never did because authorities determined he was mentally unfit....
◼ Necklacing: 'Necklacing' is the practice of forcing a tyre filled with petrol over victim's head and shoulders and setting it alight. - Daily Mail
South African news website eNCA reported that Mr Jantjie, who has schizophrenia, has faced charges for rape (1994), theft (1995), housebreaking (1997), malicious damage to property (1998), murder, attempted murder and kidnapping (2003) charges.
VIGILANTE JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA: WHAT IS NECKLACING?
'Necklacing' is the practice of forcing a tyre filled with petrol over victim's head and shoulders and setting it alight.
It can often take a victim more than 20 minutes to die in excruciating agony.
In the violent 1980s and 1990s, necklacing was a common sentence imposed by 'people's courts' on collaborators with the apartheid regime and criminals in South Africa.
It was frequently carried out in the name of the African National Congress and was alleged to have been endorsed by Nelson Mandela's then wife, Winnie. The ANC says it never condoned necklacing.
In 1986 Mrs Mandela, caused controversy when she stated: 'With our boxes of matches and our necklaces we shall liberate this country.'
The statement, which was widely seen as an implicit endorsement of necklacing, caused the ANC to briefly try to distance itself from her.
It is still used in certain, more lawless, parts of Africa, where corrupt police are no longer trusted, to punish thieves and rapists.
Incidents have been reported more recently in Haiti, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and India.
Brazilian drug lords are also known to have 'necklaced' their enemies, most notoriously the journalist Tim Lopes in 2002.
The website said it was unclear if the 2003 murder case was ever concluded as the court file was found to be empty during their investigations.
