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No, not like that. More like no one in the upper echelons globally gets assassinated usually unless the guards are in on it
Eh. It's really, really hard to stop one determined person who doesn't tell anyone what they're doing. To quote the RA - the SS has to get lucky every time, but a shooter only has to get lucky once. They have to stop every shooter.
It does illustrate something vital; the panopticon's surveillance is not perfect. It can't see everyone all the time. Individual actors can move through the gaps, or walk right in front of the cameras without being flagged.
Not sure if it matters but I have to keep reminding myself that the Secret Service detail assigned to former Presidents is much much smaller than what the sitting President gets and that people running for President don't get any Secret Service protection during the primary season.