Uninvited guests crash White House dinner: report

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 11/25/09 | JoAnne Allen

[NormsRevenge]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Secret Service is investigating how an uninvited couple was admitted to U.S. President Barack Obama's White House state dinner, penetrating layers of security and mingling with VIP guests.

The couple from northern Virginia was not invited to the dinner, not included on the official guest list, and were never seated at a table in the South Lawn tent where the dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was held, The Washington Post reported, citing a White House official it did not identify.

A Secret Service spokesman told the Post that no one was under any risk or threat and that the agency was looking into a report that uninvited guests were admitted to the White House.

The couple, aspiring reality-TV stars and socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi, were seen arriving at the White House and later posted on Facebook what appears to be photos of themselves at the gathering on Tuesday night, the report said.

[mylife]

Looks like a modified gunny sack

[buccaneer81]

Yeah, but he can keep the country safe right? Right?

I have no doubt about his commitment to the security of Kenya.

[Doogle]

....this is gonna play on his mind.....WHAT WAS THAT BARRY?
YOU SEE THAT BARACK??.....

[JoeMac]

Gate crashers? Who, the Obamas?

[Candor7]

I’d hit it,............... with a frying pan.

[maine-iac7]

What would be hilarious, and at the same time, infuriating, would be if the crashers turned out to be minorities

Their names:

"Tareq and Michaele Salahi"

Obviously Amish.

[TigersEye]

The couple, aspiring reality-TV stars and socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi, ...

They flew in on a silver balloon?

[maine-iac7]

Looks like a modified gunny sack

I wouldn't even use that to sleep in -

[MinuteGal]

"What the heck is that thing she's wearing?"

An Obamacare body cast.

Leni

[BlueAngel]

That is downright ugly!

[heartwood]

Cargo gown.

[elpadre]

Didn't Clinton have some of his Arkansas State Police goon squad incorporated into the White House Secret Service detail??

[muawiyah]

Not just polo players, but Tariq has a little something to do with America's Polo Team ~ which is apparently #1 in the world. She was in Miss Universe?

These are the kinds of people President Goober invites personally, and they arrive on the strength of his say-so.

At least Tariq likes girls, pays his taxes, and is a competitor. That's not something you can about most of his friends!

[Candor7]

That sack cloth number up thread is a neo Muslim dress, which invokes the modesty of Muslim women. This is what the left sees as politically correct style.

Just to make my point with the way swank American women tend to dress:

[mylife]

Now we know who has been dressing MO

[MediaMole]

Bush had an SUV with an M60 in the back. It was no different... and this was in early 2001, before 9/11.

There is always one unit and often more with a fully-armed quick reaction force.

I would be very surprised to find any real change in Secret Service practices over the past year.

I’ve always had courteous and professional interactions with the Secret Service going back 20 years.

[Candor7]

In the early days of the Clinton administration? Yeah I think that is true.

But they did heir jobs. These Obama SS guys don’t seem to be able to for somme reason. They seem to be real edgy, and it shows.

[muawiyah]

Clinton brought a fellow with him from Arkansas. Guy rode a motorcycle, and lived about 1/2 a mile away. Charlie Trie moved here, and Gilbert Colon was already in the neighborhood ~ next to the Wiriandonatas (these are the guys who did the trash bag deals for toting money into the White House).

We had a busload of those guys back in the 90s.

Along the way some dip decided Linda Tripp would be better off "hidden" in this neighborhood. I found her the first day ~ she was wandering around in that pyramidal hairdo of hers.

I doubt the SS crowd Obama brought in is half as sharp as that.

[RightWingConspirator]

She could have gotten a much better looking outfit at the local Goodwill store!

[perfect stranger]

She’s not guilty, but he looks like Chris Buckley.