Security Failure at White House

Don't for one minute think that the USSS Director is not capable of throwing the three UD officers under the bus to protect his position.

Yep, that's what I said in my last post.
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Don't for one minute think that the USSS Director is not capable of throwing the three UD officers under the bus to protect his position.

Yep, that's what I said in my last post
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At least we agree on something.

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I worked many state dinners and other large social events at the WH while assigned to PPD some years ago and on several later occasions when accompanying foreign heads of state or after having been selected for a temporary assignment back to PPD. I cannot conceive of a scenario where UD personnel would admit anyone without all screening procedures being completed and without the specific authorization by a member of the staff. Although I am now retired and no longer residing in the DC area, I have frequent contact with more than one source that have reported that the officers made several phone calls, to whom it is not known, prior to admitting the Salahis. I was also unable to determine if the Salahis were escorted from the security checkpoint to the function and by whom.

Two things of some concern to me is that the Service admitted responsibility and suspended the two officers one or two days prior to the interview of the Salahis and the fact that the administration refused to allow the appropriate staff member to testify before congress - can you imagine the uproar if a republican administration did the same thing?

At this point, it is apparent that the press in not interested in pursuing the truth and it is therefore unlikely that we will ever know exactly what happened. Sorry for the bad news but I've seen it all before. There is always the chance that someone in the know will post a truthful account on this forum.