White House Briefly Locked Down After Toddler Squeezes Through Fence
The potential national security threat that not enough people are talking about? Babies. A toddler squeezed through the fence in front of the White House Thursday night, triggering an alarm and sending the Secret Service into lockdown mode.
A toddler got away from his parents and squeezed through the fence at the White House tonight - causing a brief lockdown on the lawn.
— Chris Jansing (@ChrisJansing) August 8, 2014
NBC News reports that neither the baby or the parents were questioned by the Secret Service. "We were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him, but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on way with parents," Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said.