House Panel To Hold Hearing On White House Dinner Crashers: NPR
The hearing is to be held by the House Homeland Security Committee chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
“This is a time for answers, recognition of security deficiencies past and present, and remedies to ensure the strength of the Secret Service and the safety of those under its protection,” said Chairman Thompson. “This is not the time for political games or scapegoating to distract our attention from the careful oversight we must apply to the Secret Service and its mission,” Chairman Thompson cautioned. “My confidence in the management of the Secret Service hangs in the balance.”
“The intent of this Administration may be openness and transparency, but a security breakdown that allowed anyone who looked the part to walk off the street into a State Dinner is a slap in the face to the Secret Service employees who put their lives on the line to protect our form of government and its leaders,” said Chairman Thompson.
