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DesideriScuri -> RE: Problems with White House Security (9/30/2014 8:37:30 AM)
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ORIGINAL: DomKen
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ORIGINAL: servantforuse
That intruder made it to the East room inside the White House. Do you still think he shouldn't have been killed before he made it inside ? Or do you still think it's just another building and doesn't matter ?
He made it through 2 doors. He was still in the parts of the Mansion open to tours. And no matter what the President and First Family weren't present. I'm not confident the SS had the authority to shoot to kill in that circumstance. I really don't see the point of killing a troubled vet over a building.
While I completely agree that "shoot-to-kill" should not have been followed in this case, the lack of security at the White House is troubling.
We have had party crashers during the Obama Administration.
We had the White House hit by bullets.
Now we have a guy that made it into the building with one response, resulting in a "broken tackle." Five layers of security failed.
Maybe we need to have Anthony Schlegel, Ohio State University's Assistant Strength Coach, give some pointers on taking down a runner.
From the OP's link:quote:
Several former Secret Service officials said in interviews this week that they were surprised no officers fired at Gonzalez.
These former officials said Secret Service protocols have called for shooting an intruder who is close to crossing the threshold of the White House, as it might not be clear if the person is a serious threat.
“If they aren’t stopping and are on the threshold of the house, you have to use lethal force,” said Dan Emmett, a former Secret Service counterassault officer. “This would have been an easy shot and one that would have been entirely defensible.”
I accept that no one took a shot, in this case. Why wasn't that a response?quote:
The official said that at least part of the reason that the man managed to get so far was that he did not appear to be armed or carrying anything. In addition, the official said, first family members were not inside.
But, could he have been wearing a vest? The WaPo link has a very blurry mobile video that doesn't answer that question. Still. this is an incredibly poor response. He's very lucky he isn't dead.
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