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former9thward

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35. No, you are confusing incidents.

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #18)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 07:04 PM

Sep 2014

When the intruder came no one was at home. They had left for Camp David. When the gunshots were fired in 2011 one of the girls was at home and one was on their way home.

President Barack Obama and his daughters had just departed the White House on Friday evening when an intruder scaled the north fence, darted across the lawn and into the presidential residence, where agents nabbed him.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/security-breached-intruder-white-house-25643128

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Report: Secret Service Lied About White House Fence Jumper [View all] MerryBlooms Sep 2014 OP

OMG. I wonder if the only thing that really slowed him down was not knowing the layout of the place? Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2014 #1

Yeah, scary stuff. MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #4

Then the washington post prints a blueprint Grey Sep 2014 #33

jeeeezus h. christ BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #42

The floor plan is widely available online. Jackpine Radical Sep 2014 #67

I wonder what motivated the Secret Service to lie about the fence jumper. Would they have lied if Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #2

I don't know what the deal is, but the shit going on is unacceptable. MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #5

I wonder if Reagan would have been shot Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #10

Ahhh . . . he was shot. nt brush Sep 2014 #79

JFK was white. former9thward Sep 2014 #13

ummmm...they lied cuz they fucked up royal? BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #49

Probably not. I'm sure they don't mind admitting a spectacular failure on their part hughee99 Sep 2014 #56

They're trying to distract form Benghazi Capt. Obvious Sep 2014 #61

It would not have happened to lie about treestar Sep 2014 #95

Good lord... myrna minx Sep 2014 #3

Just like Faux Snooze ... lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #6

Thank god the Obama's weren't home Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #7

Why would they be scared? former9thward Sep 2014 #14

Well think about it Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #15

The girls are teenagers. former9thward Sep 2014 #17

Yes..they are surrounded by incompetent guards who let an intruder with a weapon Cali_Democrat Sep 2014 #23

Wow. Your post looks like a disguised attack on the Obamas to me. Kingofalldems Sep 2014 #31

Wow. former9thward Sep 2014 #34

disguised ? JI7 Sep 2014 #43

I agree heaven05 Sep 2014 #46

Since you agree, how is it an attack? former9thward Sep 2014 #57

How is it an attack? former9thward Sep 2014 #55

I agree heaven05 Sep 2014 #45

why would they be scared? because they're human? BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #52

Holy.... sheshe2 Sep 2014 #59

maybe it's just that some ultra-geeky people really lack emotional connection? BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #89

Oh shit! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #90

i cracked myself up on that one too! BlancheSplanchnik Sep 2014 #96

I wouldn't go to Chicago in a suit ballyhoo Sep 2014 #58

I lived there for many years. former9thward Sep 2014 #62

I was there during the 1968 Democratic Convention. I ballyhoo Sep 2014 #63

We may have bumped into each other. former9thward Sep 2014 #65

I was 22. I think I was at Lincoln Park too, but I'm not sure. I ballyhoo Sep 2014 #71

I would not be surprised if they move out for a while until ballyhoo Sep 2014 #66

They use Camp David a lot. MADem Sep 2014 #80

Well, I think the whole family should go there. The message ballyhoo Sep 2014 #85

There's a really NICE pool there. And it's peaceful and relaxed--and well guarded. MADem Sep 2014 #86

I think the older girl has a job working ballyhoo Sep 2014 #88

Isn't she in school? At Sidwell? MADem Sep 2014 #91

it's usually scary to think of people breaking into where you live whether or not you are there JI7 Sep 2014 #40

wtf is wrong with you? mopinko Sep 2014 #75

This message was self-deleted by its author brush Sep 2014 #82

As I understand it - KT2000 Sep 2014 #18

No, you are confusing incidents. former9thward Sep 2014 #35

Right! KT2000 Sep 2014 #92

Sounds to me like they were lucky this time. Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #28

Unacceptable! Good grief. Glimmer of Hope Sep 2014 #8

unconfirmed reports madokie Sep 2014 #9

Who is going to say Aerows Sep 2014 #22

just heard the report on npr drray23 Sep 2014 #11

Yes, surreal is the perfect word. MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #12

That might be the inherent problem with so much security. lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #16

But to have the alarm box muted... someone needs to lose their job. MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #24

It might have been a really tough crossword. lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #26

I just heard that report too. The reporter actually saw the security camera footage riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #27

and the door was not locked. grasswire Sep 2014 #30

could all this heaven05 Sep 2014 #47

i was surprised drray23 Sep 2014 #50

Yes, deliberate or massive incompetence. JimDandy Sep 2014 #51

My guess is someone on behalf KT2000 Sep 2014 #19

Or an agent who saw or reported flaws and felt wasn't heard or ignored, maybe. MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #25

I always thought people outside the fence were watched like hawks wheniwasincongress Sep 2014 #20

Good grief Aerows Sep 2014 #21

Be careful, there's a DU contingent that automatically hates any whistleblowers riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #29

my initial reaction was that the Secret Service needed a thorough assessment... steve2470 Sep 2014 #32

Oh absolutely agreed. My post was just reminding the OP riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #36

If this is really what happened... logosoco Sep 2014 #37

I appreciate the way your mind works. Interesting, indeed. WheelWalker Sep 2014 #81

Latest Borowitz update (satire): TBF Sep 2014 #38

Indeed. If I were Obama, I'd be livid. deafskeptic Sep 2014 #84

It long overdue, but they need to be long gone from the WH.... Historic NY Sep 2014 #39

They also claimed at first that he wasn't armed. LisaL Sep 2014 #41

Everyone who was on duty that night must be fired malaise Sep 2014 #44

YES!!! Historic NY Sep 2014 #54

I agree 100%. Complete negligence on the part of the SS. Unbelievable. MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #69

Scary shit suffragette Sep 2014 #77

The guy who tackled him was technically OFF duty. He'd just put his charge on the helo. MADem Sep 2014 #97

People who lie about something as critical as... Hubert Flottz Sep 2014 #48

rep cummings on chris hayes drray23 Sep 2014 #53

There are a lot of security folks that need to be out of a job. NOW MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #68

I don't care if the have an axe to grind or not. FlatStanley Sep 2014 #60

+1000. Charge Him under the Espionage Act! Nt riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #64

I'm sure that will happen! FlatStanley Sep 2014 #87

3rd grade English lesson: kath Sep 2014 #70

I'm sure you're sending a complaint email to motherjones as I type... MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #73

Those damned racists! Iggo Sep 2014 #72

How does your comment make any sense, and why are you feigning hysterical laughter? MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #74

It ain't hysterical, and I ain't feigning. Iggo Sep 2014 #93

Well, okie dokie then. MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #94

What if this had been 100 people jumping the fence with real weapons??? PuppyBismark Sep 2014 #76

Lies? Or just another of those "least untruthful" truths made popular by the NSA? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #78

"muted" alarm..failed assassination attempt or trial runl kelliekat44 Sep 2014 #83