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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Secret Service Falls Down on the Job

    Earlier this month, a man carrying a knife jumped the White House fence and made it through the front door before he was stopped. But that security lapse wasn’t the first or even the most alarming for President Obama’s Secret Service detail.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 29, 2014 • 1 min read

    Earlier this month, a man carrying a knife jumped the White House fence and made it through the front door before he was stopped. But that security lapse wasn’t the first or even the most alarming for President Obama’s Secret Service detail. In a new story, the Washington Post details how three years ago, the Secret Service didn’t realize that a gunman in the street had shot at and hit the White House seven times until four days after the incident.

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    The full episode

    5 of 5
    Hong Kong Street Scene, Secret Service Slip-Ups, and SNL Hits Middle Age
    1. 0:00Hong Kong Protests
    2. 10:08When $182 Billion Just Isn’t Enough
    3. 18:46Television Roundup: Changes at SNL
    4. 27:39Capitalism vs the Environment
    5. 42:10Secret Service Falls Down on the JobYou’re reading this
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