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| White House fence jumper makes it inside |
| 2014-09-20 |
| WASHINGTON (AP) -- A man jumped over the fence of the White House on Friday and made it through the front door before officers managed to apprehend him, the Secret Service said. President Barack Obama had departed the White House just minutes earlier. The rare and possibly unprecedented security breach was likely to renew intense scrutiny of the Secret Service. I actually hope the White House has measures already in place in case one of the armored vehicles they have been giving away to local law enforcement agencies, you know, the kind that have already gone missing from Police Chief Barney Fife's small town parking lot in Dogpatch, one of those armored vehicles suddenly rolls down the street towards the White House gate or fence. Will an Uzi be able to stop it? Or do they have something a little beefier for such possibilities? |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #19 Exploding a vest in the Oval Office would be one hella P.R. win. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-09-20 21:21 |
| #18 Mr President was not in danger. He is always at the Golf Course, on Vacation, or Campaigning in Chief. Never at the office. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-09-20 20:34 |
| #17 Sure, he got in the door, but the guy wasn't wearing a boom vest, so no harm/no foul, right? This time, anyway. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-09-20 19:24 |
| #16 Down here in Tucson, Omar is a common Mexican first name. My best guess it stems from the old pre-reconquista days and Arab influence...Similarly, you'll find many Cubans with Ivan as a first name. Just be thankful the perps first name ist'n Mohammed(PBUH). |
| Posted by: borgboy 2014-09-20 19:23 |
| #15 "Reports are there was security at the door with his gun drawn but he chose not to shoot" If he's white and the intruder was black, I don't blame him. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara 2014-09-20 18:49 |
| #14 Our secret service is failing over and over again. Maybe our Secret Service just doesn't like Obama. Just another possibility. There's not much to like about his attitudes and/or policies. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-20 18:21 |
| #13 Our secret service is failing over and over again. Could it be lack of motivation? If Bumbles makes U.S. Marines hold his umbrella what do you think it does with the Secret Service? Still - pretty damn sloppy! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2014-09-20 18:19 |
| #12 Probing the defenses? |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2014-09-20 18:15 |
| #11 A blast from the past, an oldy but moldy "Speedy Gonzales" |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-20 17:51 |
| #10 Only on Rantburg can you read the news before it happens! Today's White House vehicle incident 2 VBIED's in close succession? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-09-20 17:38 |
| #9 Another breach to whitehouse just occurred. This time with a vehicle. Rantburg Article poster somewhat predicted this earlier today. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-09-20 16:27 |
| #8 Sad to see the white house security is as shitty as the border. Reports are there was security at the door with his gun drawn but he chose not to shoot. Bad call, he should be fired. The world needed to know that jumping that fence is a death penalty. Now every bomb wearing terrorist know he can get within blast range. Our secret service is failing over and over again. It is only a matter of time if they dont figure out that they are there to defend the president and stop acting like security guards at Wall Mart. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-09-20 16:01 |
| #7 But the border is more secure than ever. ;-) |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-09-20 13:47 |
| #6 Great tweets: To be fair, given their other policies, they should move out so he can move in...and bring his family. And give him a $15/hr job that Americans won't do. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2014-09-20 13:08 |
| #5 The solution: land mines. In the lawn. In the rose garden. In the entryway. In the halls. In the oval office. Can't be too careful. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-09-20 12:20 |
| #4 Omar J. Gonzalez? Is he an Omar or a Gonzalez? An illegal who slipped over the southern border? If so, that would be too rich and ironical. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-20 11:46 |
| #3 Or do they have something a little beefier for such possibilities? Michelle says beef is off the menu. Allen Akbar kiddies. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-09-20 11:30 |
| #2 ^^ early nominee for snark o' the day |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-09-20 10:57 |
| #1 Inside?he made it to the Oval Office. |
| Posted by: Glinesing Prince of the Jutes1893 2014-09-20 10:12 |