Fence jumper
So, a guy with a pocket knife jumped the White House fence, ran across the lawn, got into a door, overpowered a female secret service agent, and made it all the way to the green room, where he was tackled. And only because an off duty agent happened to be there as he was leaving.
Now, imagine if, at that moment, it was a squad of men with rifles and handguns. They could have probably taken part of the White House. Couldn’t have held it, of course. But they could have taken it.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:07 pm
I love the breathless “armed with a knife” in the headlines.
If he was over five, male or female, he *should* have a pocketknife in his pocket. That isn’t “armed” except to bedwetters.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:12 pm
The term fence jumper is racist. Use undocumented White House visitor.
September 30th, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Imagine if it was an ISIS member/sympathizer with an explosive vest.
Also, I second what Matthew Carberry said about the pocket knife. And I’ve even seen some
bedwettersMSM sources giving breathless accounts about how the knife was (gasp) serrated! Like that doesn’t describe about 75% of the pocket knives on the market today.September 30th, 2014 at 4:14 pm
It’s not comforting that both White House Down and Olympus Have Fallen have been rendered unrealistic because they depicted it as too difficult to assault the White House.
September 30th, 2014 at 5:12 pm
He got to the East Room and was able to write and mail two letter to family members on Whitehouse stationary before getting apprehended. There are rumors he was able to use the toilet as well. Some of the fancy hand soaps have evidence of being used.
September 30th, 2014 at 6:08 pm
At least he didn’t get an intern to give him oral sex while speaking on the phone to a US Representative. Thank goodness!
September 30th, 2014 at 6:41 pm
Hmmm. Maybe the security forces are unhappy with the way the Bamster and Mooch treat the staff.
September 30th, 2014 at 7:13 pm
“Assassination” is such a harsh term. Isn’t it really just a form of workplace violence?
September 30th, 2014 at 8:17 pm
I seriously doubt that. Reports indicate that the sniper teams did not fire on this individual because he did not appear to be a threat; he had no visible weapons.
Had it been a squad of men with rifles and handguns, they WOULD have fired. Hell, they might have fired on a group even if they didn’t have visible weapons, because a group is more dangerous than a single individual. They might not have made it much further than the fence.
September 30th, 2014 at 8:29 pm
Off-topic:
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/26/a_list_of_the_weapons_retrieved_from_george_zimmermans_home/
Oh my gorsh! George Zimmerman owns 3 handguns, a rifle, a 12-gauge, TWO AR-15 magazines, and 106 rounds of ammunition!!!!!!!!!!!
Yikes. I use more ammo than that when I hit the range on my way home from work and I’m in a hurry.
Maybe we need to pass the hat to buy the poor guy some more ammo…
September 30th, 2014 at 8:47 pm
Why would ISIS blow up the Whitehouse? They got their money somewhere and I guarantee it was not in $12000 dollar net amounts..
September 30th, 2014 at 9:39 pm
Why isn’t the head of the Secret Service cleaning out her desk?
September 30th, 2014 at 11:20 pm
Well, at least the subdued White House invader didn’t harm the head of the “First Family”.
I don’t know if I could stomach all the roads, streets and highways being renamed to honor a Marxist America hater…and a radical leftist extremist community organizer…and an incompetent leader of the free world.
September 30th, 2014 at 11:41 pm
Why would ISIS blow up the Whitehouse?
Great PR, that is why.
Imagine a ISIS nutjob running into the WH with a chest bomb and demolishing a fair part of it. What a PR coup that would be for the ISIS.
And all for the price of one nutjob and some boom-boom.
I am amazed they have not done something like hit our electrical grid, contaminated water supplies, or blown up a building by now. Not like it’s that hard to enter the country thanks to Obama.
October 2nd, 2014 at 11:25 am
If the Secret Service is anything like the military, all the agents were busy watching a mandatory video about bullying/sexual harassment/diversity.
October 2nd, 2014 at 6:57 pm
Where is the (body-slamming) Ohio State strength coach when we need him?