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Who Else Crashed Obama's State Dinner?

By Steve PendleburyJan 5th 2010 – 12:06PM
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Devine Studio/Hushgalleria.com

(Jan. 5) -- Tareq and Michaele Salahi weren't the only ones who got into the state dinner at the White House without an invitation. The Secret Service confirms there was a third party crasher. But the man accused of the security breach denies it was him. A congressional source told The Washington Post that Carlos Allen, a...

3rd Uninvited Guest Got Into White House Dinner

Jan 4th 2010 – 7:09PM
AP

AP

WASHINGTON (Jan. 4) - A third uninvited guest made his way into the White House state dinner for India's prime minister in November, the Secret Service said Monday. As the Secret Service was reviewing how an attention-hungry couple - Tareq and Michaele Salahi - got into the dinner without being on the guest list,...

Feds Probe Obama Effigy in Jimmy Carter's Hometown

Jan 3rd 2010 – 9:16PM

PLAINS, Ga. (Jan. 3) -- The U.S. Secret Service says it is investigating an effigy of President Barack Obama found hanging from a building in the hometown of former President Jimmy Carter. Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan told The Associated Press that the large black doll was found Saturday morning along Main Street...

The Secret Service Has Been Embarrassed Before

By Allan LengelDec 4th 2009 – 4:31PM

WASHINGTON – The Salahis were hardly the first to embarrass the Secret Service by crashing presidential security. And it will probably happen again. One man did it twice. The Rev. Rich C. Weber shook hands with President Clinton at his second inauguration, then was back four years later in 2001, welcoming President...

Should the Salahis Be Punished?

By Steve PendleburyDec 2nd 2009 – 10:13AM

(Dec. 2) - Some people are so upset about Michaele and Tareq Salahi crashing the White House State Dinner that they want the publicity-hungry socialites prosecuted. While there's new evidence that they weren't invited, it's not clear whether they did anything illegal. The Salahis were not on the guest list for last week's...

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