The plot thickens:
Are you shitting me? https://t.co/d3ePxr25LR
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/517005175572426752
From WaPo:
The man who jumped over the White House fence and sprinted through the main floor of the mansion could have gotten even farther had it not been for an off-duty Secret Service agent who was coincidentally in the house and leaving for the night.
The agent who finally tackled Omar Gonzalez had been serving on the security detail for President Obama’s daughters and had just seen the family depart via helicopter minutes earlier. He happened to be walking through the house when chaos broke out and the intruder dashed through the main foyer, according to two people familiar with the incident.
Multiple layers of security fail at the most famous residence in the country?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 30, 2014
Agents didn’t fire because they assumed he was unarmed? Assumed he wasn’t wearing explosives, too?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) September 30, 2014
Who’s in charge here?
So the White House is basically being protected by Campus Security.
— Alex (@Ajsoti) September 30, 2014
Surely we can do better than that!
@lachlan I can't wait for Paul Blart foiled fencejumper's plan.
— Alex (@Ajsoti) September 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/517006104585584640
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Unnamed off-duty Secret Service agent: "I'm not even supposed to be here today." pic.twitter.com/Wkcnj1YzdT
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 30, 2014
Thank goodness that guy was around. Still, we’d feel much better if the White House called in the big guns:
U.S. Secret Service responds to recent mistakes with reassuring new hire: pic.twitter.com/fHoaVZh2vH
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 30, 2014
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