Two tourists allegedly avoided the Secret Service, snuck onto White House grounds in 2008

Two tourists allegedly avoided the Secret Service, snuck onto White House grounds in 2008
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PR-wise, the Secret Service is not having a good time of it.

Less than a month ago, a man managed to scale a fence outside the White House, race across the lawn, and breach the entrance itself before being tackled by security. A week later, a man pretending to be a member of Congress successfully reached the backstage area of an event at which President Barack Obama was speaking.

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Sarah Eberspacher

Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.