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White House Fence Jumper Indicted

The man who was allowed to go, uninterrupted, on an a jog across the White House lawn and shown the door to the building where he entered then jogged around the East Room for a while before he was eventually stopped, was indicted today.

Omar Gonzalez, 42, has been charged with one count of entering and remaining a restricting building and grounds, a federal offense that carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison, according to an indictment filed by the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.

According to the federal prosecutors, Gonzalez was carrying a Spyderco VG-10 knife with a 3.5-inch blade, and was also in possession of hundreds of rounds of ammunition in a car parked nearby, including 12-gauge shotgun shells, 9mm rounds and rounds for a sniper rifle.

The knife possession charge holds a maximum fine of $5,000 and up to five years in prison in the District of Columbia, and the ammunition charge carries a potential maximum of a year in prison.

Federal prosecutors say Gonzalez had a dangerous fixation on the president, stockpiling weapons and ammunition and carrying a map to the White House stuffed in a Bible during an earlier arrest.

This Makes No Sense At All – Man Runs All The Way Into The White House? – Video

Really? In the greatest nation on earth we have to put up with nut jobs jumping the White House fence and running all the way into the symbol of American exceptionalism? How the… what the… why was this man able to not only jump the fence, but allowed, yes allowed to run across the North Lawn and bust into what’s easily considered the most secure place in the country, probably on the face of the earth?

Who was asleep at the wheel? That is the question the Secret Service is asking themselves today after the stranger was arrested inside, yes… dude made it all the way inside the White House.

Now I’ve been inside the White House. It is a place where you must submit to a month-long background check, just to get in the side door. Who would have thought that the way to bypass all that security and still make it into the building was just to jump the fence for a short jog to the front door?

The incident happened on Friday. The video shows the man sprinting across the White House lawn as if on a mission, as if trying to prove that it could be done, that it was possible. He bust through the front door to the building and at that point, was apprehended by Secret Service. As fate would have it, the President and his family had left the building for their trip to Camp David just minutes earlier.

The man, identified as 42-year old Omar Gonzalez of Cooperas Cove, Texas, was taken to the hospital for a mental evaluation and analysis. But I’m sure there will be more analysis among the Secret Service tofigure out exactly what happened.

With all the threats being made to the president and the whole ISIS, ISIL, Islamic State… whatever thing going on, we should all expect a more proactive response from the people hired to protect the president. It is called the most secured place in the nation for a reason, and sitting back and waiting for a potential crazed maniac to break through the front doors of the White House is definitely not proactive. Heads should roll because of this incident.

This incident makes no sense at all.

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