Credit: Reuters/Gary Hershorn
The White House is seen in front of the Washington Monument (L) and the Jefferson Memorial (R) in Washington May 1, 2011.
'Dogs got him,' the spokesman said, referring to the intruder.
Video showed Secret Service agents surrounding the man on the north lawn of the White House, which was put on lockdown.
The incident comes roughly a month after an intruder armed with a knife scaled the White House fence and made it inside the executive mansion, raising questions about security levels at the heavily guarded complex and spurring the resignation of then Secret Service Director Julia Pierson.
A Secret Service spokesman said no further information was available about the jumper on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Jeff Mason; Editing by Sandra Maler)
Entities 0 Name: Secret Service Count: 3 1 Name: White House Count: 2 2 Name: Washington Count: 2 3 Name: Sandra Maler Count: 1 4 Name: Jeff Mason Count: 1 5 Name: R Count: 1 6 Name: Julia Pierson Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1tLtTWu Title: Operation Moonlight: Diversion Was 'Serious Lapse' for Secret Service - NBC News Description: Top Secret Service officials had no justification for diverting agents from their posts near the White House to check on a neighborhood dispute a Secret Service employee was involved in almost an hour away, an investigation has found.
