Crashergate Hearing: Secret Service Learned About Breach from Facebook
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I’m at the House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Crashergate, where Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan spent the morning on the hot seat for his agency’s failure to repel uninvited guests Michaele and Tareq Salahi from last Tuesday’s White House state dinner. Among the revelations this morning is the embarrassing fact that, according to Sullivan, the Secret Service learned of the breach on Facebook.
Also new is the fact that, as Sullivan says, “the officers are all on administrative leave, with pay” pending completion of the investigation. As far as I know, this is the first time the agency has said that there was more than one officer involved in the breach.
As we went to recess, I tried to question Sullivan about how many officers were involved, and if they had consulted anyone at all before allowing the Salahis onto the White house grounds, but one of his aides body-checked me into the banister as Sullivan strode down the stairs.
Thus far, committee members from both parties have condemned the White House for not making social secretary Desiree Rogers available to the committee.
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Excuse me, but I just have to laugh.
Interesting. Especially in light of the fact that the reporter actually questioned Mrs. Obama’s staff on the night of the function regarding why these two were there but not on the list. So a reporter pointed it out to the FLOTUS’s staff, but they didn’t do anything, and didn’t report it to the Secret Service.
Another interesting point, or so I read (I didn’t watch the hearings), is that the SS said these stories that the threat against Obama is higher than in the past are false, no more threats against Obama than his predecessor.
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You always reports on mistakes on FNC, how about reporting on this:
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