Jumper Made It to East Room of White House
The man who jumped the White House fence earlier this month and breached the mansion doors actually made it farther than originally thought, officials said Monday.
On Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, Secret Service said Omar Gonzalez hopped the north fence of the White Hopatagonia discount code for car3use and sprinted just past the north portico doors, where he was stopped. Gonpatagonia wetsuits reviewzalez had a Spyderco VG 10 foldipatagonia discount code for car0ng knpatagonia wetsuits review 2012ife on his person when he was arrested. This image showing Gonzalez running across the lawn was taken from CNN White House beauty shot camera. (Credit: CNN)
Omar Gonzalez, a 42 year old Iraq war veteran who had a knife in his pocket, overcame one Secret Service officer and ran into the East Room of the White House, where he was then subdued, a federal law enforcement said.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who was provided the information by whistleblowers during his congressional investigation into the incident, also confirmed the details of what now appears to be a wild chase through the main flpatagonia better sweater fleece jacket reviewoor of the White House, first patagonia gift card balance inquiryreported by the Washington Post.
The Secret Service had previously stated that Gonzalez was stopped after entering the front door of the North Portico.
Omar Gonzalez was arrested after allegedly hopping a White House fence on Sept. 19, 2014. Image provided to CNN by Gonzalez family.
Gonzalez ran through much patagonia discount code for car1of the main floor, past a stairway that leads up to the first family residence, and was ultimately stopped at the far southern end of the East Room. He also reached the doorway to the Green Room, an area that looks out on the South Lawn.
No shots were fired inside the White House, the federal law official said.
The Secret Service has not yet commented on the new details.
could not be more proud of the individuals agents, but I worry that Director (Julia) Pierson and the leadership there at the Secret Service is failing them, Chaffetz said Monday on Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.
And shortly after the incident earlier this month, the Secret Service issued a statement saying officers tremendous restraint and discipline in dealing with Gonzalez.
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don want tremendous restraint, he said. want to see overwhelming force to deter somebody. When you have the situation where you have the apparent lax security, you unfortunately going to invite more atpatagonia discount code 83tacks. And that the concern. sent a letter to committee chairman Darrell Issa last Friday raising concerns about an holding open dispatagonia discount code for car2cussion on security issues and urged the chairman to allow some of her testimony to take place in a classified setting.
put, publicly airing the very security measures employed by the Secret Service and the various challenges we confront at the White House complex will arm those who desire to cause injury or worse to the President and First Family with critical information, and doing so would be beyond reckless, Pierson wrote.
CNN has learned from a Democratic source on thpatagonia guide jacket threadse Oversight Committee that Issa has agreed to Pierson request, andpatagonia guide jacket 3x will hold a separate, classified session on Tuesday.
The top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings, D Maryland, praised the decision to protect the agency mission.
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