President Obama rode an elevator recently
with armed security contractor who had three criminal convictions. The recent
incident was a violation of Secret Service security protocols.
The recent embarrassment for Secret
Service comes after agency Director Julia Pierson took full responsibility for the
September 19 breach of security when a man carrying a knife got into White
House.
Washington Examiner and Washington
Post reported that the said elevator incident took place during Obama’s September
16 visit to federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The Post said that the agents
questioned the contractor and discovered his criminal history after he refused
to stop video recording the president with phone camera. The Agents did not
know that he was armed until a supervisor fired the contractor on the spot and
the man turned over his gun.
The spokesman of the Secret
Service confirmed incident but declined to comment further, citing an ongoing
investigation of the event.
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