Salahis in a Long Line of Party Crashers

Alas, a story that puts some perspective on the Salahis. The media has been gnawing at this story for way too long and the republicans, who should be working on healthcare, are way too concerned about a social secretary, nothing against the job of a social secretary, but it's not where the focus should be.

Republicans' concern for the security of the president is what they perceive as another opportunity to discredit the White House. If republicans were concerned about Obama's security, they would beat back birthers and other hateful rumor mongering that comes from their corner. More often, they perpetuate hate.

Long before a pair of gate-crashers penetrated a White House state dinner, the Secret Service had detailed for its internal use a lengthy list of security breaches dating to the Carter administration -- including significant failures in the agency's protection of the president.

A summary of a secret 2003 report obtained by The Washington Post, along with descriptions of more recent incidents by federal homeland security officials, places Tareq and Michaele Salahi squarely in a rogues' gallery of autograph hounds, publicity seekers, unstable personalities and others identified by the Secret Service as defeating its checkpoints at least 91 times since 1980 Read the rest at WaPo