Posted on 11/30/2009 10:24:15 PM PST by Steelfish
State Dinner Crashers Exchanged E-Mails With Pentagon Official
The special assistant to the Secretary of Defense, who was appointed by Obama, said she clearly stated in correspondence with the couple that she could not extend any kind of invitation.
By Josh Meyer and Peter Nicholas November 30, 2009
Reporting from Washington - As Congress prepares to examine how a Virginia couple crashed the first state dinner of the Obama administration, the pair may be pointing to e-mail correspondence they had with a senior Pentagon official as evidence that they were invited guests after all.
Federal authorities say Tareq and Michaele Salahi were mistakenly admitted by Secret Service agents who failed to verify that they were on the guest list. But authorities acknowledged Monday that in the weeks leading up to the dinner, the Salahis traded e-mails with Michele S. Jones, a top Obama political appointee at the Pentagon, in hopes of scoring an invitation.
One source close to the investigation said the couple produced the e-mails at the security checkpoint last Tuesday to show that they had been invited to the event. The Secret Service, which has interviewed the Salahis as part of its own investigation, has obtained copies of the e-mails.
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Total and utter BS.
Ever seen Wedding Crashers?
Reminds me of this couple.
What’s the big deal, they attended a dinner at a public building hosted by public servants paid for with tax dollars. Hell we should have ALL shown up!
a tempest in a teapot. its not as if they were carrying weapons or were there to harm anyone.. and congress has to stop what its doing to look into this? really guys.. look at these people’s history..they’re just a pair of publicity hounds.. social climbers.. rich deadbeats..so what? It’s not like they have ties to Al Quaeda or any other group.. we need to stop wasting time with this silly prank and move on.
No, the Wedding Crashers were about 2 dudes who were not out for attention. They were just there to get laid.
These 2 egomaniacs crave the attention. I guess this is the designated distraction by the MSM to cover up the recession.
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