The recent White House security lapse, in which a crazed man with a knife to scale a fence and waltz through the unlocked front door, is nothing compared to a terrifying incident three years earlier, it was reported Saturday.
The Washington Post disclosed an incredible series of Secret Service screw-ups, surrounding gunman Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez.
The Idaho man, 21, who had been lurking in DC blending in with Occupy Washington protesters, opened fire on the mansion with a rifle from his parked car on Nov. 11, 2011.
At least seven of his bullets hit the White House.
President Obama and his wife were out of town, but daughter Sasha and the first lady's mother were inside. Daughter Malia was expected home shortly.
When shots rang out, Secret Service agents rushed to respond. One drew a handgun as they frantically searched for the shooter.
Suddenly, the newspaper said, a supervisor ordered the agents to stand down — because he believed the sound was a construction vehicle backfiring.
By the end of the night, the agents had decided it really was gunfire, but assumed the shots hadn't been aimed at the White House. They thought local gangbangers were firing at one another from two cars.
They didn't realize bullets had hit the mansion until four days later, when a housekeeper found broken glass and a chunk of cement on the floor. The president and first lady were livid when they learned of the incident, the report said.
The gunman, who caused $97,000 worth of damage, was busted Nov. 16 and is serving 25 years.
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