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For those of you that watched the Olympic opening ceremonies, I'm sure you recognized Joe Biden in attendance. The Vancouver police have just reported that there was a security breach that allowed an man with false credentials (i.e. a fake pass created from the internet) to be within a few yards of Vice President Joe Biden. Although the event resulted in no harm to Biden and the man was unarmed, it signals yet another failure of security. The man was able to get through several airport security-esque checkpoints with completely fabricated identification.
Considering the state dinner crashers and now this, is there something wrong with the way Obama and Biden are being protected? I mean, people are making it look pretty easy to get close to them. It certainly makes me wonder if there have been other breaches that have gone unnoticed. Does this happen with many administrations but it's just more publicized now? What are your thoughts?
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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it may be that I've just been more aware to the news around me this year, but I feel as though there have been more security breaches in the past few months than in previous years. if one considers that probably not all security breaches become publicized, one has to wonder what it means now that there have been quite a few breaches brought to the public eye. i doubt that Biden and Obama are less protected than Bush, or Clinton or any recent predecessors, but these security breaches definitely make one wonder how strictly security guidelines are followed. if average joes can get within close proximity to the president by utilizing the internet and a lamination machine, what is supposed to make me feel as though a trained terrorist couldn't get through security?
to keep it's credibility, US security needs to either improve their methods or get more secretive when they make mistakes. i'm hoping for the former.
I absolutely agree. If US security can't manage to keep intruders from coming in contact with the President of all people, how would they fare against intruders of our nation? The President and members of Congress are merely a handful of people when compared to the millions residing in the US. And if they can't keep their mistakes under strict secrecy, then it seems to me that they don't have a very string handle on protecting information either.
But who knows? Maybe it's just the media that managed to step their efforts up a notch... (nahhh.)
-Annie Yang
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