(Business Insider) An internal review of the security lapses that allowed an intruder to scale a fence and enter the White House has revealed a string of Secret Service blunders, reports said.
The New York Times cited a Department of Homeland Security review that said “performance, organizational and technical” failures had allowed Iraq war veteran Omar Gonzalez to evade security and make his way into the building in September.
The review said 42-year-old Gonzalez, who was carrying a knife during the incident, could have been stopped by a Secret Service officer who was supposed to be stationed on the North Lawn with an attack dog.
However, at the time Gonzalez scaled the fence and bolted across the lawn, the officer in question was sitting in his van making a personal call on his cellphone.
