Fresh Eye on the Radio: ‘Friending’ the Secret Service
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The head of the Secret Service told a congressional hearing that a security breach that allowed an uninvited couple into last week's state dinner was a mistake and an aberration, and that three uniformed officers have been put on administrative leave.
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But it was this exchange -- reported by the Washington Examiner -- between Mark Sullivan and DC congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton that was the eye-opener.
Norton: "Did you discover it through their Facebook, or was it your own discovery that some interlopers had entered?"
Sullivan: "We did not discover that on our own. We were advised of it the following day."
Norton: "Advised by who, sir?"
Sullivan: "Facebook."
It's one of the stories in today's Fresh Eye
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