More Failings Of The U.S. Secret Service Becoming Known

President Barack Obama walks with Secret Service agents by his side to greet well wishers upon his arrival in Tampa, April 13, 2012. Kevin Lamarque / REUTERS

Secret Service Fumbled Response After Gunman Hit White House Residence In 2011 -- Washington Post

The gunman parked his black Honda directly south of the White House, in the dark of a November night, in a closed lane of Constitution Avenue. He pointed his semiautomatic rifle out of the passenger window, aimed directly at the home of the president of the United States, and pulled the trigger.

A bullet smashed a window on the second floor, just steps from the first family’s formal living room. Another lodged in a window frame, and more pinged off the roof, sending bits of wood and concrete to the ground. At least seven bullets struck the upstairs residence of the White House, flying some 700 yards across the South Lawn.

President Obama and his wife were out of town on that evening of Nov. 11, 2011, but their younger daughter, Sasha, and Michelle Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson, were inside, while older daughter Malia was expected back any moment from an outing with friends.

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My Comment: Failure is not (and never) an option in this case.