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Recursion

(56,582 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 01:24 AM Sep 2014

A list of White House perimeter incursions

Just thought this would be interesting. I'm starting with Clinton's term because the dude crashing his Cessna into the lawn was the first one I really remember.

Thanks as always to Wiki for almanac-style articles like this one, as well as the FenceJumpers blog which catalogs White House incursions.

(Also, I'm specifically not including the partycrashing Salahi couple because they received a full security sweep before entering.)

Clinton Years:

9/12/94 (eerie): Frank Corder crashes his plane into the South Lawn of the White House

10/29/94: Francisco Duran shoots at the White House with an SKS ("AK-47&quot rifle (this led to the closure of PA Ave between 15th St. and Connecticut Ave, though in retrospect I think that closure has improved the neighborhood)

5/24/95: Leland Modjeski, armed with a revolver, scaled the fence and was shot on the White House lawn

Shrub Years:

2/8/2001: Robert Pickett fires at the White House and is shot by the Secret Service

10/4/2005: Shawn Cox scaled the White House fence (unarmed) and was apprehended by the Secret Service

10/13/2006: Alexis Janicki, carrying a dime bag, scaled the fence and was apprehended

3/16/2007: 66-year old Catalino Diaz scaled the fence carrying a package that was later found to be harmless (after it was destroyed with a water cannon)

4/10/2006 (and two previous times): Brian Patterson scaled the fence screaming "God Bless America"

Obama Years:

6/9/2013: Joseph Reel attempted to send a driverless jeep complete with a Gadsden flag through the barricades on Pennsylvania Ave

8/7/2014: An unnamed toddler squeezed through the security fence and was quickly returned to his parents

9/11/2014: An unidentified man in a Pokemon costume scaled the fence and was apprehended.

9/19/2014: This latest guy

I don't really see much of an acceleration here.

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A list of White House perimeter incursions (Original Post) Recursion Sep 2014 OP
I think it's the fact that this guy made it inside the WH that makes it TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #1
Yeah, that bit is troubling Recursion Sep 2014 #2
the DU security force... jberryhill Sep 2014 #4
That's why they need auto turrets Renew Deal Sep 2014 #5
What every home office with lots of staff, children, and visitors needs jberryhill Sep 2014 #6
Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #3

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
2. Yeah, that bit is troubling
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 01:29 AM
Sep 2014

Though once you're "in" the perimeter the next hard line is the door, where he got stopped

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
4. the DU security force...
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 06:59 AM
Sep 2014

...believes that when the outer perimeter is breached, then everyone on the outside should start shooting in.

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