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New details on White House intruders: A knife, a reported prior attempt in White House security breaches

Posted at 5:00 PM, Sep 20, 2014
and last updated 2014-09-21 05:46:45-04

WASHINGTON D.C. (CNN) — One man was carrying a weapon; the other had reportedly attempted to slip by security before. New details have emerged about two recent security breaches at the White House.
The man who jumped a fence at the White House late Friday and made it through the North Portico doors was carrying a folding knife in his pants pocket, according to a Secret Service affidavit filed Saturday.

Initially, officers believed Omar Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas, to be unarmed.
And a man who failed to stop his car at a White House complex entrance on Saturday, after officers asked he do so, had tried to gain entrance a short time before on foot, the New York Times reported, citing Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan.

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