Reports: Armed Convict Got On Elevator With Obama Two Weeks Ago

[arcane1]

More and more reports of Secret Service blunders keep coming out. The latest came on Tuesday afternoon: A security contractor with a gun who had three prior convictions for assault and battery was able to get on an elevator with President Barack Obama earlier in September, according to The Washington Post.

It was a violation of Secret Service protocols, the Post noted.

The Post reported that the incident happened on Sept. 16 when Obama went to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to deliver remarks on the country's response to the ongoing crisis concerning the Ebola virus.

Secret Service agents asked the contractor to stop using a camera phone he had to videotape Obama while in the elevator, the Post said. Secret Service agents did question him and checked a database to find out out about his criminal background.

A supervisor for the private security firm learned about the Secret Service agents' concern with the contractor and the contractor was then fired. He agreed to hand over his gun as well, which surprised agents who did not know until then that he had been armed while he was near Obama.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/secret-service-obama-elevator-contractor-gun

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Uff da.

(That's Norwegian for Oy!)

[Laurian]

2. This is outrageous. What the hell does the Secret Service do?

Apparently very little. I live in Georgia and with the "guns everywhere" law, you have to assume everyone has a fucking gun.

[TransitJohn]

7. Cocaine and hookers. eom

n/t

[99th_Monkey]

3. Kicked for Exposure. ~nt~

[hobbit709]

4. I figured they were talking about a Congresscritter like Issa.

[dhill926]

5. seems pretty clear to me...

that NO ONE outside the SS and any other vetted person, should be allowed to ride on a freaking elevator with the President.

[jen63]

6. Kick.

[malaise]

8. I'm beginning to think

that we need a modern day Smedley Butler urgently.

SOmething stinks big time.

[irisblue]

9. WTH????

a freakin stranger to the security team gets on an elevator with POTUS?

[FiveGoodMen]

11. That's ... a bit suspicious.

[Chasstev365]

10. Since he became the Democratic Nominee in the Summer of 2008

I've been worried about President Obama's safety. This is truly disturbing and I just wonder what the hell is going on. I pray that nothing bad happens to him.

[AngryAmish]

12. If this guy got it in his head to shoot Obama there would be no end to conspiracy theories