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President Obama speaks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta during a visit on Sept. 16. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Secret Service Let Obama on Elevator With Armed Felon
The guy wouldn’t stop filming the president with his phone
By John Johnson, Newser Staff
And the hits just keep on coming for the Secret Service: The Washington Examiner today reports on yet another serious lapse in security involving President Obama. The latest incident occurred just two weeks ago when the president traveled to Atlanta to visit the CDC—and ended up in an elevator with an armed man who has no fewer than three convictions for assault and battery. That’s a lapse on two fronts, explains the Washington Post: Anyone in such close proximity to the president is supposed to be screened for weapons and criminal history. Unbeknownst to Secret Service agents traveling with Obama, This unbelievable story continues here…