Fence-jumper ran through much of main floor of White House

The man who breached security at the White House this month overpowered a U.S. Secret Service officer and ran through much of the main floor, penetrating farther into the building than previously disclosed, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing three people familiar with the incident. A Secret Service official who spoke on condition of anonymity said an alarm box near the front entrance of the White House had been muted. The security breach has prompted questions about how the Secret Service allowed an intruder, who was carrying a knife and had a hatchet and ammunition in his car, to make it as far inside the building as he did.

The agency needs a solution that goes deeper than more fences and more people…It must examine what message is being sent to the men and women who protect the president when their leader sacrifices security to appease superficial concerns of White House ushers

Jason Chaffetz, (R-Utah), chairman of a House Oversight subcommittee on Homeland Security.

The suspect, Omar Gonzalez, 42, was charged with unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. Officials said he was carrying a knife when he jumped the White House fence and entered the executive mansion on Sept. 19. After Gonzalez’s arrest, Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said he was taken into custody just inside the door near the buildings North Portico after jumping over a fence and running across the building’s lawn.

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