BET Wire: A President and an Armed Ex-Con Get in an Elevator...

The Secret Service is under fire.

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Have You Heard of ADT? - "If someone opens a window, or if a window is broken at my house, I have an alarm," Rep. John Mica (R-Florida) said to Secret Service head Julia Pierson at an Oversight Committee hearing on White House security lapses. "Have you ever heard of these guys? This is not very costly. You could subscribe."(Photo: C-Span)
You Lost - “This is the Secret Service against one individual with mental illness, and you lost. You lost, and you had three shots at this guy – three chances, and he got to the green room of the White House. What happens when you have a sophisticated organization with nefarious intent and resources going up against the Secret Service? What happens then?” Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Massachusetts) asked Pierson.   (Photo: C-Span)/content/dam/betcom/images/2014/10/Politics/100114-Politics-BET-Wire-Julia-Pierson.jpg

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