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November 14, 2014

Probe: Secret Service Officer Was Talking on Cellphone as Intruder Jumped Fence 
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A new report by the Department of Homeland Security details the
cascading series of mistakes which allowed a man carrying a knife to
scale a fence and enter the White House. The report obtained by The New
York Times found the Secret Service's alarm systems and radios
malfunctioned. One officer stationed with an attack dog did not see the
suspect, Omar Gonzalez, mount the fence, because he was in his van
talking on his cellphone. The scandal led to the resignation of Secret
Service director Julia Pierson last month.

 

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