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New breaches revealed in report that says Secret Service is ‘in crisis’
The Washington Post ^ | 12-3-15 | Carol D. Leonnig

Posted on 12/03/2015 6:48:07 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic

A man masquerading as a member of Congress walked into a secure backstage area without being properly screened and spoke with President Obama at an awards dinner last fall. Five days later, a woman walked backstage unchecked at a gala dinner where Obama was a featured guest. Months after that, two people strolled unnoticed past a Secret Service checkpoint into the first layer of the White House grounds.

The incidents were among a half-dozen previously undisclosed security breaches since 2013 that were detailed in an extensive, bipartisan congressional investigation of the inner workings of the Secret Service.

In a critical report to be released publicly Thursday, House investigators describe the once-elite force as an “agency in crisis” that has failed to fix many of the deeply ingrained problems exposed last year amid a string of humiliating security lapses, according to a copy of the report obtained by The Washington Post.

The report offers detailed assessments of the failings of the Secret Service during several well-publicized security incidents, including the agency’s halting response to a 2011 shooting at the White House and an incident last year in which an armed man with an arrest record was able to board an elevator with Obama.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: failures; obama; secretservice; security
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1 posted on 12/03/2015 6:48:07 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Dry runs.


2 posted on 12/03/2015 6:51:47 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Keep up the good work, fellas!


3 posted on 12/03/2015 6:52:45 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
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To: afraidfortherepublic

They lost all self respect guarding a loathsome quota baby.

They can shove themselves up their own Obamaholes.


4 posted on 12/03/2015 6:53:20 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Ironic that the government lover Bath House might one day be a victim of government incompetence.


5 posted on 12/03/2015 6:55:38 AM PST by bkopto
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To: afraidfortherepublic

What I WANT to post will get me booted. :)


6 posted on 12/03/2015 6:55:48 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yeah, me too. Booted and excommunicated. Lord, have mercy!


7 posted on 12/03/2015 6:58:24 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I hope Trump takes all this into account.


8 posted on 12/03/2015 6:59:00 AM PST by odawg
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To: Darksheare

Perhaps but would they harm the One and the first wookie?


9 posted on 12/03/2015 7:00:22 AM PST by csvset ( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

..... This is from the CIC of the entire US military.....


10 posted on 12/03/2015 7:01:02 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

:)


11 posted on 12/03/2015 7:02:30 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

What else can we expect? This is what happens when hiring is not based on aptitude and competency but on race and gender.


12 posted on 12/03/2015 7:03:12 AM PST by kenmcg
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To: csvset

Maybe, if it fits their cause.


13 posted on 12/03/2015 7:03:33 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

If you had to listen to the drivel in the WH every day you might decide there is nothing worth protecting.


14 posted on 12/03/2015 7:05:03 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

didn’t the SS help set up Kennedy....
not too good a job with Reagan either...
REAL GOOD AT HOOKERS AND PARTIES THOUGH


15 posted on 12/03/2015 7:23:07 AM PST by zzwhale
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Someone will eventually get by the Keystone Cops and get to Obama.

THEN all Hell is gonna break loose.


16 posted on 12/03/2015 7:23:57 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: afraidfortherepublic

For starters, we need to dismiss everyone appointed to the Secret Service since 1/20/09, and the guy with the phone and the pen.


17 posted on 12/03/2015 7:59:55 AM PST by ntnychik
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To: afraidfortherepublic

For starters, we need to dismiss everyone appointed to the Secret Service since 1/20/09, and the guy with the phone and the pen.


18 posted on 12/03/2015 7:59:56 AM PST by ntnychik
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To: afraidfortherepublic
the Secret Service agents very likely love this country and totally recognize what this POS muslim in the WH is doing to it
19 posted on 12/03/2015 8:02:00 AM PST by drypowder
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To: Darksheare
New breaches revealed in report that says Secret Service is ‘in crisis’

Maybe the problem is not the Secret Service, but the scum they are expected to take a bullet for?

20 posted on 12/03/2015 8:04:34 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Kill 'em all, Let GOD sort 'em out!)
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