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-Short Attention Span Theater-
White House Drone Crash Described as a U.S. Worker’s Drunken Lark
2015-01-29
WASHINGTON — It was 42 degrees and raining lightly around 3 a.m. on Monday Secret Service spotters and guard detail inside cold, sleepy, when an inebriated off-duty employee for a government intelligence agency decided it was the best a good time to fly his friend’s drone, a 2-foot-by-2-foot “quadcopter” that sells for hundreds of dollars and is popular among hobbyists.
Jefferson Memorial low-level images are so boring. Wait till the guys back at the office see THIS shi*!
But officials say the plan was foiled, perhaps by wind or a tree, or stupidity, smoke filled apartment when the employee — who has not been named by the Secret Service or charged with a crime — lost control of the drone as he operated it from an apartment just blocks from the White House.
Federal Employee - First incident requires a verbal warning. You can expect a new office nick, but none of this should impact your annual bonus.
He texted his friends, worried that the drone had gone down on the White House grounds, and then went to sleep. It was not until the next morning, when he woke and learned from friends that a drone had been found at the White House, that he contacted his employer, the National Geospatial-Intelligence No Longer Mapping Agency. He then called the Secret Service and immediately began cooperating with an investigation into the incident.
Still sober enuf to text and document the incident for investigators. Just to be on the safe side, don't forget to mention this incident in your next security clearance periodic reinvestigation (PR).
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