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   From: conner4@yahoo.com   
      
   President Obama is expressing support for the Secret Service,   
   but also backing an investigation into how a man with a knife   
   managed to make it inside the front door of the White House --   
   an unprecedented breach of security at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.   
      
   The incident took place Friday evening, some 10 minutes after   
   Obama and his family left the residence for a weekend at Camp   
   David.   
      
   "The President has full confidence in the Secret Service and is   
   grateful to the men and women who day in and day out protect   
   himself, his family and the White House," said White House   
   spokesman Frank Benenati.   
      
   The intrusion prompted the Secret Service to evacuate the West   
   Wing.   
      
   Benenati noted that the Secret Service is investigating the   
   incident, and "we are certain it will be done with the same   
   professionalism and commitment to duty that we and the American   
   people expect from the US Secret Service."   
      
   Congress is also likely to look into this incident.   
      
   "This demands a full investigation, an investigation as to what   
   happened, why it happened and what's being done to make sure it   
   never happens again," said Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y.   
      
   Speaking on Fox News Sunday, King said that "I have great   
   respect for the Secret Service, but this is absolutely   
   unacceptable."   
      
   Fence jumpers at the White House are not that unusual, but no   
   one can remember an illegal entrant getting so far inside the   
   complex.   
      
   On Saturday, a man was taken into custody for driving up to a   
   gate at one end of Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, and   
   refusing to leave. Earlier, the man had tried to enter the White   
   House grounds through a gate on site, and was turned away.   
      
   There is no sign that the Friday and Saturday incidents are   
   related.   
      
   On Friday, Omar Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas, managed   
   to jump the fence on Pennsylvania Avenue and sprint some 70   
   yards to the White House itself before being subdued. He has   
   been charged with unlawful entry into restricted grounds while   
   carrying a deadly weapon.   
      
   Secret Service members did not open fire on the intruder, nor   
   did they release guard dogs.   
      
   The Associated Press, citing a criminal complaint against   
   Gonzalez, reported that he told the Secret Service he was   
   "concerned that the atmosphere was collapsing" and needed to   
   contact the president "so he could get word out to the people."   
      
   In a statement announcing the investigation, the Secret Service   
   said that while "the officers showed tremendous restraint and   
   discipline in dealing with this subject, the location of   
   Gonzalez's arrest is not acceptable."   
      
   The incident took place amid heightened security at the   
   presidential residence. A video released by the Islamic State   
   jihadist group appeared to direct a threat at the White House.   
      
   Secret Service Director Julia Pierson ordered an investigation   
   by the agency's Office of Professional Responsibility.   
      
   "In the interim," the Secret Service said, "Director Pierson has   
   ordered the immediate enhancement of officer patrols and   
   surveillance capabilities along the Pennsylvania Avenue fence   
   line around the White House complex."   
      
   http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/09/21/obama-secret-   
   service-fence-jumper/16002239/   
      
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