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.
.... or a moat with alligators.
No photo of the guard? Can’t decide on the gravity of that situation without a photo.
The guard with the gun should have been protected from Obama.
Interesting that Obama was just at the CDC a short time ago.
Voila, we have Ebola.
Makes me wonder.
Those are his PEEPS!!!!! He LOVES criminals!!! Those are actually his SONS!!
Typical Odumbo administration efficiency.
The guy was a Hussein fanboy.
No danger to Hussein
How does a thrice convicted felon get a firearm and a security job?How did a thrice convicted felon get all that and security clearance at the CDC?
So what? Obama once got on an elevator with a known felon named Eric Holder.
A&B conviction is not necessarily/likely a felony- 3x, maybe. Still a bit of spin I believe.
I like that and it’s a great point. 0bama has been known to associate with many felons and some are his heroes.
The background checks stopped Rep. Gabby Giffords leach of a husband from trying to pull off a sting operation at a gun show. But that was not the government. It was a gun dealer who wouldn’t let him get by with his bogus info.
But then again, look at what is happening in CA. Brown just took away people’s 2nd amendment rights, just because of hearsay from family members that person could not be trusted with a gun. If Mark (forgot Giffords husband’s last name) lived in CA, she could have his guns taken away for being delusional.
What did they do to keep the Vets out of the Memorial during the shutdown. Wasn’t it concertina wire?
This Key & Peele skit shows the secret service cluing in the president to give a warm embrace to a man, who doesn’t look black but is 1/ 10th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nopWOC4SRm4
Boy is the myth that the SS are on tpo of things shot.
Yes they are and I’m having serious doubts about the validity of these stories.
That’s more than they have done at our Southern border. We don’t even have any bicycle racks there.
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