Car trailing Obama daughters' motorcade prompts White House lockdown

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: Reuters

A car that trailed a motorcade carrying President Barack Obama's daughters on to Pennsylvania Avenue prompted a security lockdown at the White House on Tuesday.

A Secret Service spokesman said the car entered the security checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania and was immediately stopped by Secret Service uniformed officers.

The male driver was arrested and Washington police checked the car for explosives.

The Secret Service identified the driver as Mathew Evan Goldstein, 55. He was arrested and charged with unlawful entry and was transported to city police for processing.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/car-trailing-motorcade-prompts-white-house-security-lockdown-214350227.html;_ylt=AwrBJR6vZGlTr30AMDDQtDMD

[Ash_F]

1. "Goldstein was identified as an employee of the Internal Revenue Service."

Stress getting to him?

[elleng]

2. Weird.

[kimbutgar]

3. Reading the yahoo comments made me physically Ill

I mean he is the President of the US. These are his children! they have a right to be protected. So many hateful people out there.

Yahoo comments are like talking with a creepy person you can't wait to get away from. You can't believe people think that way!

[narnian60]

4. +100

[AngryDem001]

7. Guess what?

One of the idiot commenters brought up BENGHAZI!

Do we need a version of Godwin's Law for the "BENGHAZI!"freaks?

[kentauros]

10. Maybe it can be called the "Hannity Law" or "Fox News Law"

Figure on naming it somewhere along those lines.

[tofuandbeer]

8. Yeah, avoid Yahoo "News" and the comments with all your might. Those are some horrible people.

[riversedge]

9. Yes, those comments at disheartening to say the least

[Javaman]

13. Yahoo comments are nothing but scum and villany. nt

[heaven05]

16. Yahoo, twitter, youtube

have all given me a true understanding of the vile nature of racist, teahadists and rethugs that are the underbelly of amerikkkan culture. Oh never mind those are one in the same vile meanness that represents amerikan culture after(and before) the election of an AA POTUS. Democrazy.

[Blue_Tires]

17. and AOL before that...

nothing new under the sun....

[Android3.14]

5. Connection with the story on the extent of Israeli spying?

That's an odd coincidence. Also. the charge, unlawful entry, seems to have at least two definitions. Under civilian law "...unlawful or illegal entry upon lands or structures without force but by means of fraud or other willful wrong." Under military law, the definition relates to entering a property for the purpose of harming the image of the armed forces.
I wonder which applies to the Goldstein guy.

[Enrique]

12. ?

what is the coincidence? What is the relationship between this guy and Israel spying, and the armed forces?

[Android3.14]

19. Like I would know

But...
The man has a Jewish last name - Goldstein, the charge of unlawful entry makes little sense because it sounds like he was on a public road, the military charge of unlawful entry has a much broader scope, there was an article in Newsweek about Israeli spying crossing a red line and the Obama administration has had a less-than-cozy relationship with Israel.
It just seemed oddly coincidental. Finally, I haven;t seen an update on the story, which is odd.

[hopemountain]

6. glad they got the creep. ugh. nt

[Scruffy Rumbler]

11. I wonder if it was a case

of either an out of towner or just a local curiosity seeker following an impressive fleet of vehicles and not noticing it entering the closed portion of Pennsylvania Ave?

Glad the First Children are ok!

[maddezmom]

15. Weird, NYT says he had a pass to Treasury Dept

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/us/politics/driver-detained-after-following-obama-daughters-motorcade.html?_r=0

[Scruffy Rumbler]

18. I hope it wasn't his first day of work!

I remember the first time I tried to go from Alexandria, VA to the Veterans Hospital in DC. I did the run over the weekend and did fine...Monday morning rush hour? That was a different story!

[Paladin]

14. Secret Service personnel covering Obama and his family are damn sure earning their pay. (nt)

[elleng]

20. Heard on the radio he said he mistakenly followed the motorcade.