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Botany

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26. what took so long?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Oct 1, 2014, 06:21 PM

Oct 2014

What should be one of the most protected buildings in the world had somebody
jump it's fence, run more then 50 yds to the front door, go into an unlocked door,
overpower the guard at the door, get into and run around the building because
the alarms were turned off, and was caught because an off duty secret service
agent just happened to be there.

BTW what still gets me where were the guard dogs? Because incidents like this
one is exactly why the have such guard dogs ..... overwhelming non lethal force
and if the person has a gun or a bomb then the dog gets it and not a human.

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Secret Service Director Julia Pierson Is Resigning [View all] Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 OP

Good first step leftynyc Oct 2014 #1

Exactly, they failed miserably at their job... FarPoint Oct 2014 #4

Yes, indeed. narnian60 Oct 2014 #6

Yup. No excuses. n/t JimDandy Oct 2014 #15

As she should. darkangel218 Oct 2014 #2

Good, a fish rots from the head and all that tularetom Oct 2014 #3

I wonder where and how that saying ever came to be Bandit Oct 2014 #8

You're correct, it's incorrect. Feral Child Oct 2014 #20

Glad to hear it. (nt) Paladin Oct 2014 #5

I wish this kind of response was more common. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #7

She Should Not Have Resigned erpowers Oct 2014 #9

Agree. moondust Oct 2014 #12

Yes ^^^ RobinA Oct 2014 #33

Sorry its was obvious she wasn't a leader Historic NY Oct 2014 #13

A Little More Than A Year erpowers Oct 2014 #16

No, the president should have fired her before she had a chance to resign tularetom Oct 2014 #18

Yes she should. Does a member of the First Family have to die first before it's a fail? Please. nt TeamPooka Oct 2014 #22

I disagree. Responsibility without accountability is meaningless. At the CDC, their ineffectivenes 24601 Oct 2014 #31

It would be nice to have a SS head who thinks of keeping the White House front door locked (nt) Nye Bevan Oct 2014 #34

more needs done! ebbie15644 Oct 2014 #10

Hmmm. Yes, well . . . OldRedneck Oct 2014 #11

Hallelujah. Now get someone in that will work HARD JimDandy Oct 2014 #14

That's a good thing Renew Deal Oct 2014 #17

Good. She's clearly incompetent. n/t tabasco Oct 2014 #19

Good. jwirr Oct 2014 #21

Good, now get the Secret Service out from under the monster that is mountain grammy Oct 2014 #23

Another bit of encouraging news. calimary Oct 2014 #24

One Guard with an unloaded rifle... hardtravelin Oct 2014 #25

Glad you liked it! LOL! calimary Oct 2014 #27

what took so long? Botany Oct 2014 #26

An appropriate choice, imo. And a wake up call for the whole management team. (nt) pinto Oct 2014 #28

And the agents who were on WH duty when Gonzalez got in? moondust Oct 2014 #29

Lawrence O'Donnell is discussing this now. That was my first thought, too... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2014 #30

Good news. I think she should have been fired instead of being allowed to resign, though. Turborama Oct 2014 #32