Oversight Hearing on White House Security 10am ET - LIVE THREAD

C-Span ^ | 09/30/2014 | live

[Textide]

Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testifies before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee about Secret Service security protocols following a September 19 White House intruder breach.

Hearing starts at 10am Eastern.

C-Span Live: http://www.c-span.org/live/

Fox News article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/09/30/white-house-intruder-made-it-to-east-room-officials-say/

Committee on Oversight and Government reform: http://oversight.house.gov/

Chairman Issa Preview Statement: http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Chairman-Issa-Preview-Statement.pdf

[Qiviut]

THANKS! First link that works for me! :-)

[Textide]

Elijah Cummings up now. Feeling the need to shower, myself.

He’s also questioning the competency and culture of the SS. So far no political posturing from either side.

[Red_Devil 232]

It is right here and playing fine for me.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?321679-1/oversight-hearing-white-house-security

[angcat]

They have to have a big meeting about this? What a bunch of clowns.

[fatima]

Thanks Textide.

[kjam22]

Yep... you fire everyone on duty at the time. And you fire the head of the SS for allowing this to happen.

[Textide]

You’re welcome! Glad to have something to do on a day off ;)

[Textide]

In the absence of leadership and accountability, there’s good-ol’ Congressional Oversight.

[Red_Devil 232]

Chaffetz up!

[kjam22]

yep.... “tremendous restraint is not what we’re looking for here”.... lol

[BuckeyeTexan]

I want answers. What circumstances allowed this to happen? Protecting POTUS and his family is job number one for the Secret Service. They failed. It’s unconscionable.

[Textide]

Actually, it looks like job number two and it shows. Take a look at their mission statement on their website.

http://www.secretservice.gov/mission.shtml

The mission of the United States Secret Service is to safeguard the nation's financial infrastructure and payment systems to preserve the integrity of the economy, and to protect national leaders, visiting heads of state and government, designated sites and National Special Security Events.

[Red_Devil 232]

Julia Pierson looks like she can’t fathom the reason she is there answering questions about her leadership performance at the SS! She is just another of the Low intelligence appointees by this Admin.

[kjam22]

Okay... Eleanor needs to hire a 9th grader to write for her. Good experience for a young person and would be WAY better than what she apparently writes for herself.

[kjam22]

You can look at her and know that her IQ is uhhhhhh... less than average....

[a fool in paradise]

When Baraq assumed office, he declared it is NOW The People’s House.

Then he gets all mad when someone takes him up on that.

[fatima]

Never saw someone blink so much.She must have a hair in her eye.

[Textide]

[kjam22]

I’m guessing her girlfriend is sitting somewhere in the crowd....

[Textide]

Looks like Bill Murray to her back left too.

I have a feeling this whole hearing will refer to the ‘ongoing investigation’, preventing her from answering the most difficult questions.