Posted on 09/30/2014 3:26:00 PM PDT by jazusamo
An armed security contractor with a criminal background was allowed in an elevator with President Obama earlier this month, according to reports , adding to a string of security breaches plaguing the Secret Service.
The member of a private security firm was on an elevator with Obama during the president's trip to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Sept. 16.
The man did not comply with agents who told him to stop filming the president on the elevator. Only when a supervisor for the private security firm came over to address the situation did the agents realize the man had a gun, according to the the reports.
The man, who was not identified, had three prior convictions for assault and battery, according to the Washington Post.
“You have a convicted felon within arm’s reach of the president and they never did a background check,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told the newspaper.
“Words aren’t strong enough for the outrage I feel for the safety of the President and his family.”
Chaffetz has been a leader in pushing for greater accountability from the Secret Service which has seen a number of embarrassing security mishaps in recent years.
The CDC incident is likely to raise further questions about Secret Service security protocols.
The House Oversight Committee held a hearing Tuesday to probe how a man was able to jump the White House fence and make it well inside the building before being stopped in an incident earlier this month.
Director Julia Pierson said she accepted “full responsibility” and was reviewing the agency’s practices.
Chaffetz also tweeted about the elevator incident on Tuesday. "Security contractor with a gun next to the President happened two weeks ago, according to my whistleblower," he wrote.
Heck, every time he goes to Congress he's within an arm's reach of hundreds of unconvicted felons.
Here’s more:
White House intruder was tackled by off-duty Secret Service agent
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.
Pierson did not reveal during her testimony that the agent who tackled him was not actually assigned to the post where he confronted Gonzalez.
The agent, according to people familiar with the incident, who previously worked as a counter-assault team member, could easily have been outside or on his way home.
How does a thrice convicted felon get a firearm and a security job?
Maybe Soros is done with Obama...on to the martyr phase.
That’s the $64K question, I have no idea.
There used to be a time when this would outrage me.
But I have come to realize that lame-ass politicians are a dime a dozen. Perhaps the Secret Service has, too.
Regardless, I’m glad that nobody got hurt.
You know Obama purged everybody from leadership positions that weren’t “His People”, so you know the incompetence is by “His People”.
How does a thrice convicted felon get a firearm and a security job?.......................................... It depends on who or what he is securing? Does anyone care if its Obama anymore?
....Regardless, I’m glad that nobody got hurt.....
Agree. We don’t want dopey Joe Biden as their 2016 frontrunner.
Obviously, the NRA is to blame here.
Next time Obama talks ‘background checks’ someone needs to shout a question about what kind of background check prevents a government security guard as a thrice-convicted felon to get on an elevator with the President of the USA.
I have to clench my teeth on this one.
The SS has a standard duty. But they loved both Bushes, didn’t like to have to deal with bj, HATED hitlery and HATE the obozos and HATE AND DESPISE moochele.
I think it makes a difference.
It looks like 0bama’s incompetence may be coming back to bite him through the Secret Service.
What is the name of the security contractor that hired this guy at the CDC?
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No danger there, criminals love him. Now if it was a patriot...
How did the security guard with three felonies ever get a position that allowed him to carry a gun.
I wonder if the long knives are coming for the SS.
I hear you but it shouldn’t make a difference and I’m no fan of 0bama.
“How does a thrice convicted felon get a firearm and a security job?”
Obama’s brother?
The secret service is too busy reading FR and Brietbart too look out the windows.
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