EDITORIAL:
When an uninvited couple crashed the White House State Dinner without having any clearance the president was at risk no matter what the Secret Service says.
At least since September 11, 2001 America should be acutely aware how those who intend to do harm can and will exploit the smallest weakness in our national security. The devious mind is always at work trying to find ways to beat systems we put in place.
I have attended several events with a president of the United States. Security has always been very high. Which raises a intensely serious question about this breach. How could this happen in what has to be one of the most secure locations in the nation, the White House?
I am certain that heads will roll. If I was President Obama I would be deathly afraid. No doubt many evil forces in the world would love to launch violence against our president. No symbol of America stands taller, not even the world trade centers.
The federal security agencies refuse to answer questions regarding whether or not they screened guests for radiological or biological weapons. My answer is that they do not.
A plastic vial of liquid could wipe out the president and vice president in hours. And we all know that suicide by the perpetrators is not a deterrent.
What happened here is much more serious than many will tell you. It will be written off as a prank, a publicity stunt. But someone was sending a message to Obama: "You are not as safe as you think."
Finding who sent that message should be job number one.
Of all the things that have happenend during the first year of Obama's administration this should be the most unsettling one of all for the rest of us.
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