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House Panel Sets Hearing on WH Party Crashers

A fun-loving couple, notorious for crashing political parties, decided to sneak into President Obama's first state dinner.

The bottom line is that someone at the White House could have put the President and Vice President's life at risk -- plain and simple. But why focus on the partiers? Why not focus on the weak link that actually let these uninvited strangers in?

The couple in question, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, is expected to testify at the House of Representatives this week.

Aren't there bigger fish to fry? Why are we focusing on these guys? These are just a couple of attention/party-loving cats who enjoy meeting and greeting famous people.

Some people are even calling them "party terrorists." Oh come on! From NewsBusters:

New York Times columnist Frank Rich, who also appeared on Imus' Nov. 30 program, also expressed some aggravation with the security breach. He told viewers after the Fort Hood incident, security should have been more stringent.

"I mean, it's just unbelievable and frightening, you know?" Rich said. "What is the security in this country? You know, you have the guy at Fort Hood, who we more and more seem to think that, you know, practically wrote a book of warning signals that he was crazy and perhaps had radical political ideas. And that's right in the middle of Fort Hood, and now you have this right in the middle of the White House."

Rich had his own description for the Salahis - "party terrorists."

"Not that they are terrorists, but they are party terrorists," Rich said. "But still, it's a leading edge of something."

It's mighty odd that liberals will call a couple of party crashers "terrorists," but when it comes to ACTUAL terrorists they avoid that moniker like the plague.

So... Where's the accountability? Why aren't we investigating the official who bent the rules just to let these party animals in?

Of course, the crashers are now saying that they had an invite. Suuuuuuuuure.

(The Hill, Michael O'Brien, Nov 30, 2009) The White House state dinner crashers and the director of the Secret Service are scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill this week.

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan and Tareq and Michaele Salahi will appear Thursday before the House Homeland Security Committee, its chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), announced Monday.

"This is a time for answers, recognition of security deficiencies past and present, and remedies to ensure the strength of the Secret Service and the safety of those under its protection," Thompson said. "My confidence in the management of the Secret Service hangs in the balance."

The hearing comes in response to a bevy of lawmakers' demands over the past week that Congress probe the apparent security lapse, which allowed the Salahis, who reportedly aspire to become reality television stars, into the high-profile dinner despite lacking invitations. READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE HERE >