A full year (as of Sunday) after Matthew Thomas Crooks came within a hair of killing President Donald Trump, the nation still has no good answers as to the how or why of it.
That is, no clear info on the would-be assassin’s motives — and no satisfactory explanation of how the Secret Service let him come so very close to succeeding.
The New York Times managed to (seemingly) get access to Crooks’ web-browsing history, and still couldn’t say much of anything for sure.
His family won’t talk to the press; that may be wise of them, but is frustrating to the many Americans who feel we should know more.
He looks like a smart, lonely kid who sank into mental illness at an age common for the onset of several deep disorders; maybe we just can’t find out much more.
But we surely can learn more about the security failures that cleared the shooter’s way onto that roof.