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> She was allowed to enter by Secret Service agents stationed outside the resort after the Mar-a-Lago security manager on duty verified that her last name match
by United857 8y ago
> She was allowed to enter by Secret Service agents stationed outside the resort after the Mar-a-Lago security manager on duty verified that her last name matched the surname of a member of the club,
Zhang is the third most common last name in the world (source: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-most-common-last-name-on-Earth https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-most-common-last-name-on-Ear...).
Definitely a bit lax on the part of security/Secret Service to just do a last name check... I wouldn't be surprised if Chinese intelligence have exploited similar holes before.
- empath75 8y agoTo be fair to the secret service, trump has put them on a terrible situation making them have to secure that place instead of using camp david like everyone else.
- avs733 8y agoand is charging them money to do so.
- craftyguy 8y ago> and is charging them money to do so. You mean, charging us, the taxpayers, to do so.
- tenaciousDaniel 8y agoI live less than a mile from Mar-a-lago, and I drive by it all the time. It seems insane to do anything high-security there.
- astrodust 8y ago"Seems insane." That's the administration in a nutshell.
- godzillabrennus 8y agoIf Trumps administration is judged by how much he profits then he’s a resounding success. By any other standard it’s debatable. Mar A Lago bookings must be way up along with the daily rate.
- Redoubts 8y agoWhy is that?
- rswail 8y agoBecause the President is already provided with a "weekend" place to go called Camp David that is secure (it is a US military base), guarded by both USSS and US Marines, is located close to DC (thus only requiring helicopters instead of AF1), has a golf course and other recreational facilities. It has been good enough for every President since FDR. Trump uses Mar-a-lago as a money making exercise, raising the membership fees after becoming President and charging the USSS and other government security services for the facilities they use to guard him. It's (yet another) rort.
- codezero 8y agoNever heard rort before! TIL.
- burfog 8y agoIt isn't worse than the Whitehouse itself. There is access control. The ownership is friendly to the president. It is a physically large site, making it difficult to overrun. Targeting it with anything less than a nuke is unlikely to harm any specific individual. The main downside is proximity to water from which submarines can launch SLBM strikes. It isn't reasonable to make this complaint without moving the Whitehouse. Seriously, all of DC should be moved for security. Give the current land back to Maryland, then chop a new DC off of the Oklahoma panhandle.
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y agoMaybe the Navy doesn’t want him at Camp David.