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White House intruder identified as Army veteran
Frontpage ^ | 9/21/14 | josh lederman - associated press

Posted on 09/21/2014 10:34:19 AM PDT by Nachum

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man accused of getting inside the White House after scaling a fence is a veteran who was awarded a medal for his service in Iraq and retired due to disability, the Army said Sunday.

Authorities have identified the intruder from Friday night's shocking incident as Omar J. Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas, and the Army said he had served from 1997 to 2003, when he was discharged, and then again from 2005 to December 2012, when he retired.

The military does not provide details about a soldier's disability due to privacy considerations.

The Secret Service tightened security outside the White House after the embarrassing breach in which the intruder carrying a knife climbed the fence, ran across the lawn and entered the building before agents stopped him.

The first family was away from the White House at the time.

Increased surveillance and more officer patrols are among the measures that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson ordered. She also began an investigation into what went wrong.

A member of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday that it was astonishing, at a time of concerns about terrorist attacks, that "someone could actually get into the White House without being stopped."

(Excerpt) Read more at frontpage.pch.com ...


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KEYWORDS: amnesty; army; house; intruder; laraza; omargonzalez; whbreach; white
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To: Nachum
C'mon, major media! It's been two days already and you haven't found his Tea Party ID card? Sheesh!


21 posted on 09/21/2014 11:09:22 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: C210N

Did he kill the car?


22 posted on 09/21/2014 11:13:22 AM PDT by Domangart (Tho I walk Through the valley of Wall Mart, I fear no man.)
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To: Nachum

Another article;

http://www.stripes.com/white-house-intruder-is-an-army-vet-with-ptsd-family-says-1.304233


23 posted on 09/21/2014 11:13:26 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: Nachum

When will the introspection on what they did to cause him to act out this way begin?


24 posted on 09/21/2014 11:15:36 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: Nachum
You know, there used to not be a fence around the White House, and anyone could enter anytime they wanted, and request a meeting with the President.

This was also the same time that the President had zero bodyguards (Lincoln was the first, because of the War Between the States).

So why is it that everyone acts as though a President today wouldn't last without a million Secret Service agents, and whatnot? Are people more insane/violent today than they were in the 1800s?

25 posted on 09/21/2014 11:15:49 AM PDT by Bettyprob
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To: Bettyprob
Are people more insane/violent today than they were in the 1800s?

Maybe. But then, our government has managed to insult a lot of people over time...

26 posted on 09/21/2014 11:18:34 AM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: dancusa

> The first family was away from the White House at the time.

Lights are off, nobody is at home in the White House these days.

Air Force 1 and Air Force 2 are either away on family vacations, to golf courses, or campaign trails these days..


27 posted on 09/21/2014 11:23:44 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Nachum

Someone’s head will roll.


28 posted on 09/21/2014 11:31:00 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Nachum

If a group to terrorists really wanted to take down the White House they could do it. Taking out the President would be difficult. But if you are in a group that is determined, and you have no sense of survival... You could do some damage.


29 posted on 09/21/2014 11:31:32 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ebola: Death is a lagging indicator.)
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To: Bettyprob

Hey, I complained about every airport and road being shout down for a President Bush visit here one time and you would have thought I was calling for the mans assassination.


30 posted on 09/21/2014 11:32:00 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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To: Nachum
The first family was away from the White House at the time.

Duh!

31 posted on 09/21/2014 12:04:46 PM PDT by depressed in 06 (America conceived in liberty, dies in slavery.)
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the ping.


32 posted on 09/21/2014 2:23:55 PM PDT by zot
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To: Nachum

The dude was in the military during Bush’s watch.

This would never have happened if the chosen one was in office.

/s


33 posted on 09/21/2014 2:29:10 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (Because Brawndo's got electrolytes. Because Ethanol has Big Corn Lobby)
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To: Nachum

Veterans are potential terrorist in 10...9...8...7...


34 posted on 09/21/2014 2:42:11 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: Nachum
"White House intruder identified as Army veteran."


35 posted on 09/21/2014 8:54:49 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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