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20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by Giftedgreen: 6:14am On Sep 26, 2014
If you were asked to name the most secure residential building on planet Earth, you’d probably guess that it’s the home of the President of the United States. Well, you might have to guess again after reading this.

While ostensibly a fortress and one of the most heavily defended buildings in the world, people actually manage to infiltrate the White House almost every time. According to a report published by the Secret Service, there has been more than 100 breaches since 1980

Just last week, two men were accused of breaching White House security less than 24 hours apart: an Iraq veteran who allegedly jumped the fence carrying a knife, and a teenager who drove up to the gates and refused to leave.

Here are a few unbelievable White House security breaches throughout history.

1. Omar Gonzalez Wanted To Warn The President About The Atmosphere Collapsing

Omar Gonzalez scaled the fence outside the White House, dashed across the lawn and entered the executive mansion

Gonzalez was eventually stopped by a plainclothes agent inside

According to agents who arrested him, Gonzalez who was with a knife, said that he was desperate to see the President to warn him about ‘the atmosphere collapsing’.

Omar Gonzalez had more than 800 rounds of ammo in his car plus two hatchets and a machete

Gonzalez was also stopped on Aug. 25 while walking along the south fence of the White House. He had a hatchet in his rear waist band but was not arrested after he permitted a search of his car, which was parked nearby.

Police found camping gear and two dogs but no ammo

2. Micheal Rudzik Mistakenly Breached The White House

In 1986, Michael Rudzik was arrested at some place just inside the White House fence.

According to report from the following day, Rudzik “had no intention of harming the first family”; in fact, he may not have known he was climbing into the White House.

A Secret Service spokesman explained that “alcohol and medication taken by Rudzik may have contributed to the incident.”

3. Anthony Henry Wanted The President To Remove “In God We Trust” From Currency

In 1978, Anthony Henry climbed the fence wearing a karate gi and was confronted by security.

He pulled a knife and wounded two guards. After his arrest, it was revealed that he wanted President Carter to remove “In God We Trust” from currency.

4. Joseph Tubbs Wanted The President To Give Him A Job

What do you do when you do not have a job? You apparently walk straight to the straight to the President requesting for a job. Dont believe us? Ask Joseph Tubbs.

In 1981, Joseph Tubbs climbed the north fence apparently because he wanted a job. He is not alone, Mark Hotchkiss was arrested in 1986 for the same reason.

5. Robert Preston Wanted To Show The World He Was A Good Pilot

In 1974, Robert Preston stole a helicopter and after a hot helicopter chase from the police, he decided to stop at the White House where Secret Service agents started shooting at him.

At that point he went ahead and landed and surrendered.

So what was his motivation? He had just failed out of flight school and wanted to show the world that he was a good pilot .

6. Gerald Gainous Was Determined To Make The President Pardon His Father

In 1974, Gerald Gainous was a man on a mission: to get inside the White House and have a nice chat with the President about pardoning his (i.e. Gainous’s) father.

He entered the white house, wandered around the grounds for an hour and a half in, strolling up to President Ford’s daughter while she unpacked her car. He was eventually caught.

Ten days later when he did it again. That was not the end of it.

The following year he jumped the White House fence twice more. By the fourth attempt, the Secret Service was literally waiting for him on the other side of the fence.

7. The British Burnt The White House To The Ground

When it comes to unwelcome visitors at the White House, the British Army probably ranks at the top of the list.

During the War of 1812 British forces entered Washington D.C. they burnt the white house to the ground and to make issues worse, they kept throwing wood to the flame just to make sure the flame stayed overnight.

Eventually the war ended and the White House was rebuilt.

Moral Lesson: Dont Mess With Englishmen, else they will burn your presidential villa

8. Charles Dickens Broke Into The White House When The President Failed To Answer The Door Fast Enough

Charles Dickens (a famous writer) broke into the White House in 1842 when President Tyler failed to answer the door fast enough.

9. Francisco Martin Duran Was Trying To Save The World From An Alien

Francisco Martin Duran, pulled a rifle from under his trench coat and opened fire, unleashing at least 29 rounds at the White House, where President Clinton was watching football.

When he stopped to reload, passersby managed to tackle and subdue him. Duran pleaded not guilty and mounted an insanity defense, claiming that he was trying to save the world by destroying an alien “mist,” connected by an umbilical cord to an alien.

His insanity plea was rejected and was convicted of attempted assassination and sentenced to 40 years in prison. He is set to be released in 2029

10.Lowell Timmers Wanted To Revert His Daughters Fiance’s Deportation

Angry that his daughter’s undocumented fiancé could be deported, Timmers threatened to blow up his van near the White House.

“I want my son, and I’m not leaving until my son-in-law is out of jail,” Timmers reportedly told authorities during the ensuing four-and-a-half-hour standoff.

He eventually surrendered peacefully, and later pleaded guilty to making a false explosive threat. He told the court, however, that he couldn’t “rule out” the possibility that he would do it again, but “the odds of that happening are 800 million billion [sic] to one.”

11.Tareq and Michaele Salahi Crashed a Dinner Party in The White House

In what may have been the most glamorous breach in White House history, Tareq and Michaele Salahi managed to slip through two security checkpoints and into a White House state dinner, where they mingled with the president, vice president and chief of staff in November 2009.

White House security wasn’t aware of the intrusion until the next day, when the Salahis bragged about their stunt on Facebook.

12.Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez Was Convinced Obama is the Foretold Anti-Christ

Apparently fearful of an impending apocalypse, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez fired at least eight rounds at the White House from the window of his Honda Accord, striking the building several times and severely damaging its façade.

President Obama, whom Ortega, reportedly called “the anti-Christ,” was away at the time. Ortega fled the scene and was apprehended in a hotel room in Pennsylvania five days later.

He eventually pled guilty to firing an assault weapon at the White House and was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

13.The 2 Year Old Baby That Breached The White House Fence

In perhaps the most adorable security breach to date, a 2-year-old squeezed through the White House fence, spurring a lockdown and delaying the president’s impending address to the nation.

“We were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him,” a Secret Service spokesman said, ”but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on way with parents.”

The toddler managed to squeeze through the fence onto the White House lawn, before being returned to his parents. He was unable to answer security questions, as he had not yet learned how to talk.

14.Richard Weaver – The Invisible Gate Crasher

Perpetual gate crasher Richard Weaver managed to get by Secret Service checks four times: he managed to shake George W Bush’s hand at his 2001 inauguration, infiltrate a 1991 prayer breakfast led by the first George Bush and Bill Clinton’s 1997 inaugural luncheon.

He said God made him “invisible to security”.

He was only arrested after approaching George W. Bush at a 2003 prayer breakfast.

15.Frank Eugne Corder Crashed A Plane On The White House Lawn

Frank Eugene Corder crashed a small airplane on the White House South Lawn. Corder was killed in the crash. Radar at National Airport only picked up on the plane minutes before it crashed, The Los Angeles Times reported.

The plane skidded across the lawn and slammed into a wall just below the presidential bedroom. Corder, reportedly intoxicated at the time, was the sole fatality.

16. The Nakedd Man Who Had An Urgent Appointment With President Obama

Protestor Michel Bechard was refused access to the White House and responded by stripping naked.

He then fought with security guards and was arrested for assault and indecent exposure. He claimed he had an urgent appointment with President Obama.

17.Lucas Proves That You Are Never Too Old To Breach The White House

A 66-year-old man proved that age is no barrier to trespassing. Catalino Lucas Diaz scaled the White House fence and claimed to have a bomb.

Security had to use water cannon to destroy the package, but it did not contain any dangerous materials.

18.The Reporter Who Forgot Her Pass

The first fence-jumper to enter the White House was Beth Campbell — who was also an Associated Press reporter covering the 1937 inauguration.

When she couldn’t find her access pass, she simply jumped the fence

19.Jeffery Grossman Wanted to Discuss Health Care with Obama

Jeffrey Grossman of New York was arrested shortly after hopping the fence.

He said he was on his way to discuss healthcare with President Obama.

20.The Family Who Confidently And Easily Honked Their Way Into The White House

In an October 1982 case dubbed “The Family Outing,” James Douglas Imes, 38, his wife and two sons drove to the White House in a minivan, honked their horn and were let on to the grounds.

Officers were confused because another gate was broken, then assumed the family was authorized until they neared the Oval Office entrance.


See, even the White House is not thaat saft.


What do you think would happen to these people if they tried any of these stunt with our very own Aso Rock?

Let us know in the comment section below.

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by Asek1(m): 6:26am On Sep 26, 2014
Nice breaches.
That baby breach made me laugh so hard
Mods this is FP material
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by yuncka: 6:27am On Sep 26, 2014
Well, American government is so linient to allow people come close to their presidential villa. If its in Nigeria, U would have been shot at the outskirt of the villa. I dnt even know how our Aso villa look lyk.

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by since2005(f): 6:33am On Sep 26, 2014
Try it in Naija you'll be killed first before you are asked what
you're looking for

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by 2cato: 7:02am On Sep 26, 2014
Is the president so important that people will go to such length to see him.

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by BlackTechnology: 7:10am On Sep 26, 2014
. grin


Don't try that in Naija
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by pussygotlips: 7:12am On Sep 26, 2014
I was here
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by parzdor(m): 7:22am On Sep 26, 2014
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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by egift(m): 7:40am On Sep 26, 2014
If it is in Nigeria, some overzealous security will shoot you before you have any opportunity to give a reason. And if you are caught, when they are done torturing you, you can accept any allegation leveled against you.

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by davidflipcy(m): 8:07am On Sep 26, 2014
Hmmm cool. I think I will try this in Aso rock who knows I might turn to a celebrity doing that
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by McWhillion(m): 8:25am On Sep 26, 2014
But seriously, does anyone here knows how our Aso rock looks like. Nigeria is a joke really.

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by barthchuks(m): 8:39am On Sep 26, 2014
Y will it concern me when the UNITED NATIONS building was bombed inside the over-aclaimed capital city of a nation? i guess you know which nation am talking about?
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by SOUNDKING: 8:46am On Sep 26, 2014
Please dnt try this at home, naija police go deal with u, u go finaly confess say na you kill lord Lugard. Hahahahaha

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by pontirock(m): 8:49am On Sep 26, 2014
Isn't This A Fp Material, What Are The Mods Doing? So, No Place Is Safe In This World
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by amiskurie(m): 9:59am On Sep 26, 2014
Aso rock breaches

1. Boobs actress breach

2. Dame grammatical breach
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by AdeniyiA(m): 10:13am On Sep 26, 2014
pontirock: Isn't This A Fp Material, What Are The Mods Doing? So, No Place Is Safe In This World
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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by Danielotuya(m): 10:14am On Sep 26, 2014
Some of these breaches are kinda funny. Anyways, when they know it is prison they will eventually go, they have d mind to pull d stunts. Try am for 9ja with our trigger-happy force men, jst write down ur will

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by 30sec: 10:20am On Sep 26, 2014
Me
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by teekrackz(m): 10:23am On Sep 26, 2014
Booked
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by topemirates(m): 10:25am On Sep 26, 2014
Mtcheeeeeewwww!!!
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by Nobody: 10:36am On Sep 26, 2014
No Records on breaches in Nigeria Villa
But don't try it
If you do
You are on Your own
Aso villa is protected by 000's of Gaurds brigade operatives in BT's along side units of the DSS and security apparatus
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by mainheart(m): 10:41am On Sep 26, 2014
don't try this at presidential villa otherwise only your corpse would reach home
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by tempest01(m): 10:43am On Sep 26, 2014
the two year olds own is more recent. Seems i read it up on cnn.



Make you no try am for aso rock oh! Them no go recognize ou after them release you after two years
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by Nobody: 10:44am On Sep 26, 2014
This is amazing
5. Robert Preston Wanted To Show The World He Was A Good Pilot

In 1974, Robert Preston stole a helicopter and after a hot helicopter chase from the police, he decided to stop at the White House where Secret Service agents started shooting at him.

At that point he went ahead and landed and surrendered.

So what was his motivation? He had just failed out of flight school and wanted to show the world that he was a good pilot
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by Nobody: 10:45am On Sep 26, 2014
Ibnsultan: No Records on breaches in Nigeria Villa
But don't try it
If you do
You are on Your own
Aso villa is protect by the 1000's of Gaurds brigade operatives along side units of the DSS
A date with the creator awaitS anyone that attempt such stunt with Aso Villa
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by kingDavidda1st(m): 10:48am On Sep 26, 2014
Those guys that had dinner in the white house.. The most successful breach
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by peleson: 10:49am On Sep 26, 2014
Hahaha! US where funny things happen
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by ALAYORMII: 10:49am On Sep 26, 2014
AdeniyiA:
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Not even that is safe in Nigeria.

Haven't you heard of people digging up grave to steal?

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by philantoxx(m): 10:52am On Sep 26, 2014
first step:write your will first
second step:say your last prayers
third step: wake up from the dream abeg.

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Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by Holywizard: 10:52am On Sep 26, 2014
In 2008 I mistakenly shot a mad man to death in my village dat was trespassing in my father's compound thinking he was an armed robber.
Come to think of it wen an ordinary man go near aso rock, sss will burst his head wit 9mm via terrorist claim
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by parrot123: 10:53am On Sep 26, 2014
I beg no try am for this country o.
Re: 20 Unbelievable White House Security Breaches by XuteSleeks(m): 10:58am On Sep 26, 2014
Leads me to believe all the more that the safest place is His fortress.

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