Head bowed, U.S. Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan mumbled (or maybe his microphone is just too far away, but for those of us in the room he’s incredibly hard to hear) his way through a morning of tough questions at a House Homeland Security Committee oversight hearing about how a social climbing couple managed to breach White House security to crash the Nov. 24th State Dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Tareq and Michaele Salahi brazenly snapped photos with White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Vice President Joe Biden and, the White House admitted a day later, even shook hands with President Obama on the reception line.
“How in the world did a couple get through all the way to the President of the United States?” asked an incredulous Rep. Michael McCaul, a Texas Republican.
“Sir, I’ve asked myself that question about a thousand times over the last week,” Sullivan responded.
