Posted on 03/21/2017 3:07:38 PM PDT by RummyChick
The White House fence jumper who lingered on the ground unnoticed for 17 minutes was literally just hanging out in plain view with alarms blaring, and the Secret Service had no clue.
Congressman Jason Chaffetz tells TMZ he met with the Director of Homeland Security and the Acting Director of the Secret Service for an hour and a half Tuesday, and his conclusion ... "It was even worse than I thought." Chaffetz says the surveillance video is shocking ... the intruder was not darting around. Rather, he was "lingering," "hanging out" on the grounds. At one point he took the time to bend down and tie his shoes.
The intruder at times peered through windows of the building, where Trump was inside. As we previously reported, he also jiggled a doorknob. Chaffetz says some of the alarms failed but some went off, yet the intruder was not detected. Secret Service agents did check the grounds, but not with any urgency. Alarms frequently go off for various reasons, and this time it was met with an inadequate response. And Chaffetz says the video shows agents were simply "lackadaisical." As he put it, "Everything went wrong." The congressman says he was promised there would be "big changes," adding, "There better be."
I got a tweet alert from Stefan Molyneux that the Secret Service removed some alarm sensors from the White House fence.
The big changes must involve the permanent removal and firing of all Secret Service agents and uniformed personnel who were on duty at the time, just for a start.
Yep, the cream of the crop. The best of the best...
Get some highly trained K9 units to patrol the grounds after dark.Dogs don’t miss much going on in their territory.
He could have ordered a pizza and had it delivered while he was at it.
Trump should hire the Mossad to come in and re-train the Secret Service.
Wow. I knew it wasn’t good but didn’t realize it was this bad. Really, REALLY bad.
The problem? No one is held accountable. Too busy getting freakin lgbtblmhispanicmuslimwymen sensitivity training.
YUP
Time to swear in DT’s regular bodyguards...They certainly would start using fence jumpers as targets...
Nonsense! These are prime candidates to be promoted to protect the Clintoons and the Obamas!
Did the failure of the SS begin when they were taken from Treasury to Homeland?
Comet Pizza knows the address well.
“We deliver in 30 minutes or less or your Tweenie is free”
That's what would happen if someone broke into my house.
If you want to see those guys move fast just announce it’s happy hour at the nearest strip club.
Will not activate sensors.
Leak laptops to
EXACTLY where the perp (as planned) pics it up.
Agree to not take a bullet for the CIC,
and then do what?
FIRE THEM ALL, Mr. TRUMP.
Every single one. And replace them.
I'm hoping this was a TEST to monitor the response time by the DSSS, but who knows. In any case, time to put BODY CAMS on ALL DSSS AGENTS.
Ask Benny for a few to rotate in at random.
I visited the White House not long ago. My step-mother and I had the same feeling separately: Secret Service was a joke. Guys roaming around slapping each other on the backs, joking. Not professional. Looked like a good-old-boys club. I saw one ride up to a post on a bicycle just to shoot the breeze with his buddy and then leave. Great work if you can get it. I think Trump will crack the whip. Effing F-got Obama probably left him another mess on purpose.
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