Tuesday, March 28, 2000

Unidentifed, 28 Mar 2000

Retroactive from 28 March 2000: White House Intruder, reported by the Kids' News Room. Just prior to the President's scheduled departure, an intruder surprised Secret Service personnel when he jumped the fence and began to make his way to The White House. Secret Service personnel immediately stopped the intruder, and the President was not harmed. A Secret Service spokesman stated that the intruder was not injured in the process. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was visiting President Clinton at the time of the attempted break-in. The media reported that the visit and the intrusion do not appear to be related.