Posted on 12/04/2009 3:51:05 AM PST by cushman
Mr. Sullivan also surprised the panel by telling members that his agency did not learn of the security breach until the Virginia couple bragged about it on the Internet.
He told the panel that the federal security agency did not become aware of the breach by the Salahis until the next day, when it saw the couple's photos from the event, including posing with the president, posted on their public Facebook account.
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He told the panel that the federal security agency did not become aware of the breach by the Salahis until the next day, when it saw the couple's photos from the event, including posing with the president, posted on their public Facebook account.
The Secret Service will take a bullet to protect the president...in more ways than one. God bless these brave servants, I wouldn’t want that job with THIS administration.
ROXANNE ROBERTS, “WASHINGTON POST”: Yes. I was in the press pool, and the press are sequestered behind ropes, and guests are announced by Maureen (ph), and they come sailing through. Sometimes they talk to us, sometimes they don‘t, and then they go into the dinner.
This couple walks through, and my head sort of shot up because I heard the name, and I looked at them and I thought to myself, Could it be? They looked exactly like this reality show couple, kind of sketchy, from Virginia, and it didn‘t make any sense to me. I looked down at my guest list, because we get official guest lists, and their names weren‘t on it.
They walked through, and I immediately grabbed a White House staffer and said, Could you please verify the names of the people that just came through? And why aren‘t they on the list?
MATTHEWS: What time was this?
ROBERTS: I time-checked our photo that our photographer took at 7:35.
MATTHEWS: So at 7:35, you were “The Washington Post,” and you‘re a well-known reporter and a respected reporter, you told a White House staffer that these people were not on list. And what did they say?
ROBERTS: They didn‘t know why. She said they didn‘t know why.
MATTHEWS: But they did know they weren‘t on the list.
ROBERTS: I said to them, They‘re not on the list. And I said, Why? And she said, I don‘t know. And so then, probably about 15 minutes later, I said to a member of the first lady‘s staff as they were escorting the press back to the press room, I said, This couple that came through—I gave the names again. And they‘d only been announced as Mr. and Mrs. Salahi, so I gave what I thought were their full names. I wanted to make sure—it‘s possible I had...
MATTHEWS: Yes.
ROBERTS: ... misidentified them, but I didn‘t think so. And I said, Can you tell me why they‘re not on the list? And she said, I don‘t know, but I‘ll try to find out. And I didn‘t hear anything for the rest of the evening.
And the reason I think that‘s important is that even after they got inside the White House, the staff had two opportunities to go upstairs to the reception, discreetly pull this couple aside and verify that they were supposed to be there. I don‘t know what time they went through the receiving line, but if they had any ill intention toward the president...
ROBERTS: I talked to two members of the first lady‘s staff.
MATTHEWS: And who were they?
ROBERTS: Courtney O‘Donnell and Katie McCormick.
Wonder if the Obama’s wanted to make an appearance on Real Housewives of DC?
Deserves it’s own thread, will you post it?
And why the U.S. Secret Service appears to be thrown under the bus on this one, while the Congress is being dickered with and jacked around, by the "most transparent-ever" White House.
Meanwhile, don’t know why Obama’s long time associates possibly could be mistaken for party crashers when they came into the tent with a Bravo Reality TV Show “Real Housewives of DC” professional camera crew and makeup artist in tow unless he was hoping for a Reality gig for wife Michelle, CBS celebrity Katie Couric or Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
Obama could end the “party crasher” goose chase for White House Secret Service in a proverbial New York Minute by coming clean on his almost 5-year-old social/political relationship with Tareq and Michaele Salahi.
It could save money in these recessionary times and put an end to the drama of Washington’s “unprecedented” first state dinner in a tent.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/17310
And we thought it was bad that the Clintons sold Lincoln's bedroom to the highest bidder, the Obama's appear bring the word branding to a whole new level. Getting facetime on Bravo's reality shows seems like a top priority.
“Wonder if the Obama’s wanted to make an appearance on Real Housewives of DC?”
Good point...next up: MTV’s Real World...they’ve already been filming in the WH.
Leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee have signaled they are willing to subpoena the couple and at least one White House official, but did not move forward with an official vote Thursday morning.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/03/3-secret-service-agents-put-leave-wh-breach/
And of course, the other interesting bit of news revealed at the hearing was the fact that there are no more death threats against this president than there were against the previous two presidents.
So nice to see the left’s lies coming home to roost.
You can’t get past half a dozen check points without someone asking questions. Of course Hussein let them in. It’s all another of his attempts at diversion and it is working very well with the msm running around like chickens with their heads chopped off. Never waste a crisis and if there isn’t a crisis then make one up.
Anyone notice there’s not been a peep out of India? Imagine the outrage and demands for immediate action if this had happened to our leaders on a visit to India. But not here. Here, it’s all he said, she said, dragging feet and everyone playing hot potato.
It was posted on FR last week.
Do you think the secret services knows about the Real World crew at the WH?
Trash TV comes to the Oval Office.
Revolting.
Also appearing on that episode: Michelle Obama, who will challenge Batali, Flay, et al. to use vegetables from the White House garden. Read more: Michelle Obama Makes Her Iron Chef Debut -- Grub Street New York
Also appearing on that episode: Michelle Obama, who will challenge Batali, Flay, et al. to use vegetables from the White House garden.
http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2009/11/michelle_obama_makes_her_iron.html#ixzz0Yim3FpN1
Seems like the Obama's like Bravo's reality shows so much they want face time.
Blackmail..............blackmail, is that now a racist word?
I just heard on F&F that three secret service agents have been scapegoated and placed on leave.
Okay, it’s Desiree Rogers. Can you give us more info?
Meanwhile, don’t know why Obama’s long time associates possibly could be mistaken for party crashers when they came into the tent with a Bravo Reality TV Show “Real Housewives of DC” professional camera crew and makeup artist in tow unless he was hoping for a Reality gig for wife Michelle, CBS celebrity Katie Couric or Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.
Obama could end the “party crasher” goose chase for White House Secret Service in a proverbial New York Minute by coming clean on his almost 5-year-old social/political relationship with Tareq and Michaele Salahi.
It could save money in these recessionary times and put an end to the drama of Washington’s “unprecedented” first state dinner in a tent.
The Secret Service didn’t know about them until the next day. But Courtney O‘Donnell and/or Katie McCormick knew at the beginning of the party and didn’t tell anyone? Or did the First Lady’s office know that they were coming, and didn’t want to officially put them on the list. If so, why did Gibbs say there were never invited? Did Gibbs lie about the crashers not being invited?
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