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WASHINGTON (AP) - Published reports say President Barack Obama rode an elevator this month with an armed security contractor who had three criminal convictions, a violation of Secret Service security protocols.
The latest embarrassment for the Secret Service comes after agency Director Julia Pierson took full responsibility for a Sept. 19 breach of the White House. The Washington Examiner and The Washington Post report that the latest incident took place in an elevator during Obama's Sept. 16 visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
The Post says agents questioned the contractor and discovered his criminal history after he refused to stop video recording the president with a phone camera.
Agents didn't know he was armed until a supervisor fired the contractor on the spot and the man turned over his gun.
The Secret Service did not immediately respond to an email request for comment.
Entities 0 Name: Secret Service Count: 3 1 Name: White House Count: 1 2 Name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Count: 1 3 Name: WASHINGTON Count: 1 4 Name: AP Count: 1 5 Name: Atlanta Count: 1 6 Name: Barack Obama Count: 1 7 Name: Washington Examiner Count: 1 8 Name: Post Count: 1 9 Name: Julia Pierson Count: 1 10 Name: The Washington Post Count: 1 11 Name: Obama Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1oqQKyR Title: Is Barack Obama's life safe in the Secret Service's hands? - Telegraph Description: Gonzales, who was carrying a knife in his pocket, was apparently intent on warning Mr Obama that "the atmosphere was collapsing". Footage shows him limping across the White House's north lawn, unchallenged by agents on the ground or the sharpshooters on the roof.
