Omar Gonzalez, the fence jumper carrying a knife who made it deep into the White House, was not tackled, in the end, by an on-duty Secret Service agent. He was actually tackled by an off-duty Secret Service agent who was leaving for the night, according to a new report in The Washington Post.
The off-duty agent just happened to be going through the White House when Gonzalez made it over the fence, across the lawn, into the building and through several rooms on the main floor.
That detail is the latest in a series revelations by Post reporter Carol D. Leonnig about Gonzalez’s sprint into the White House. The Secret Service had previously said that Gonzalez was stopped inside the front door of the White House. But on Monday, the Post reported that Gonzalez actually made it as far as the East Room when he was tackled, having already fended off one Secret Service officer who tried to stop him.
one has to wonder what’s going on with the secret service in the obama white house…
I certainly am wondering and everyone else should be too.
He’s lucky he didn’t run into FLOTUS first. That off duty agent saved Omar’s neck.
So basically, the Birchers and Teatrolls now run the SS and are charged with protecting the life of a man they hate. And hey, even SS agents have their Koch-price, eh? Lovely. I have no fucking problem making this outrageous accusation because their fucking failure is so utterly outrageous in its own right that it requires an outrageous explanation. Heads should fucking roll and people should lose their fucking jobs. NOW.
Of all the reports, I was truly horrified by the lack of investigation by the Secret Service officers when shots were fired at the White House in 2011. Perhaps firing them all and hiring better agents is what is required. Whatever it takes, POTUS deserves much better protection, considering he received far more death threats than any other president, according to Secret Service reports.