Man with a knife breaches security in the White House

The White House is one of the most heavily protected buildings in the world and the Secret Service chief has stepped-up security outside the White House following an incident of a man with a knife breaching the security nzherald.co.nz.
He had jumped the fence and made it into the presidential residence before being apprehended, and the incident against the background of another man being recently arrested outside the White House does raise questions – of course, the two incidents are not believed to be related.
It seems President Barack Obama and his daughters had just left the White House by helicopter when the 42-year-old Omar J. Gonzalez scaled the fence and darted across the lawn and through the unlocked North Portico doors before officers finally tackled him.
Initially Gonzalez was thought to be unarmed but he had a small folding knife with a serrated blade at the time of the arrest and would face charges of unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon.
In the second incident, a man was apprehended after he drove up to a White House gate and refused to leave prompting bomb technicians in full gear to search the vehicle while agents shut down nearby streets.
The President has insisted that he still has confidence in the beleaguered agency's ability to protect him and his family.
In view of these breaches, Secret Service Director Julia Pierson has issued orders to enhance officer patrols and surveillance along the North Fence of the compound just after the incident which triggered a rare evacuation of the White House as well as renewed scrutiny of the Secret Service. Julia Pierson had also ordered a comprehensive review of what happened.
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