Discussion for article #228399
My God, why didn’t they just introduce him to Charles Manson in a dark alley somewhere?
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Man posing as a lawmaker? Couldn’t that describe most members of this past Congress, the least productive in modern history?
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I mean, fully screened? How does that work? Seems as though the modern Secret Service is “unclear on the concept.”
…If I were Prez, I’d be hiding out in a bunker somewhere until they hire some people who actually know what they are doing. My every fear of the legacy of the Bush presidency has been realized. Incompetence everywhere.
Heckuva job, Secret Serviceman!
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I’ve spent a lifetime in the technical end of entertainment and have done many political events because politics is essentially, as the old joke goes, show business for ugly people.
Its been my experience that the highest level of security is, of course, the presidential level. But there are lots of porous parts in the security bubble. Especially in a large arena or stadium, the crew knows all the shortcuts and secret passages for getting around. So they are liable to show up unvetted at any moment. I was never challenged once until Obama became president.
This included the time I walked past Mrs Clinton with a box labeled explosives (special effects) on the loading ramp where her limo was waiting. Two agents came down to check me out and I simply said, “I work here”
They said fine and I walked past her and into the building. She had lingered in the building for two hours after her scheduled departure.
It is my experience the Obama has the most intense security I have ever witnessed. But that having been said, human error always enters the mix and always will.
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I guess that fully screened and totally screened are two different levels of Secret Service security planning.
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Somebody on the White staff “determined” the imposter wasn’t Payne. How? Because he had no Congressional ID or didn’t like look this, the real guy? The complacency and sloppiness of the current Secret Service agents is frightening.
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Report: Secret Service Allowed Man Posing As Lawmaker Backstage With Obama
Boehner’s a security risk now? Or was it a Mitch? Really, it could have been anyone in the Republican caucus.
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That’s useful context. It’s very difficult to figure out where the current issues and security are on the spectrum of previous secret service performance. Thanks.
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I gave-up on conspiracy theories right after it turned out that Paul was not dead, after all, but…geez, it sure seems like the Secret Service has it in for President Obama.
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Now that you mention it – wasn’t there a couple that crashed the first state dinner that the Obama Adminstration held? Got through to go through the receiving line even though they were not actually on the guest list?
Aside from “protecting” the president, what does the SS do? Something to do with counterfeit money, right? Why not disband them, turn the presidential protection function over to the Marines, and the whatever-else-it-is to Treasury? Why are we spending money for these jerks to not do their job? In the meantime, I certainly hope the president is considering or has already put in place some kind of back-up measure for protection.
Someone wants this President dead, whether it is the constant race baiting by the GOP, hate filled talk radio, or even Fox News. Somebody is putting politics before protection.
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Letting the imposter in definitely was bad, but some of the genuine members of Congress probably are a greater threat.
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