Are Secret Service agents allowed to shoot White House trespassers?
Questions are mounting about how anyone could not only storm the White House through an unlocked front door, but also make it all the way into the East Room. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson testified on Capitol Hill today and acknowledged that the "security plan was not properly executed" when an intruder jumped the White House fence. Pamela Brown takes a closer look the grilling by congressional lawmakers.
Do Secret Service agents have any more power to use lethal force than the average American police officer? Randi Kaye reports on Secret Service protocols.
|
|
Post by: AC360 Filed under: Pamela Brown • Randi Kaye • Secret Service |
About this Show:
Anderson Cooper goes beyond the headlines to tell stories from many points of view, so you can make up your own mind about the news. Tune in weeknights at 8 and 10 ET on CNN.
Questions or comments? Send an email
Want to know more? Go behind the scenes with AC361°
Subscribe to the podcast
On Twitter
Go behind the scenes: AC361°
Gumby celebrates Isha Sesay's birthday
Anderson Cooper's birthday surprise
You asked, Anderson answersForeman's Letters to the President
Popular Posts
- Understanding why you don't call a black man a boy
- I am neither black nor white. I'm both
- In the midst of looting chaos
- Dermatologist says 'to best of my knowledge' he's not Jackson kids' dad
- The AC360 Weekly Buzz: Rep. Todd Akin’s controversial remarks, inside look at crime in Chicago, countdown to the RNC in Tampa, and forecasting Isaac
Search the AC360 blog
I hope the next angry armed veteran to jump the White House fence is an Ebola patient from the 101st Airborne.