Most transparent White House ever...

Politico ^ | 4-20-10 | Ben Smith

[mlizzy]

Police chased reporters away from the White House and closed Lafayette Park today in response to a gay rights protest in which several service members in full uniform handcuffed themselves to the White House gate to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

People who have covered the White House for years tell me that's an extremely unusual thing to do in an area that regularly features protests.

A reporter can be seen in the YouTube video above calling the move "outrageous" and "ridiculous."

UPDATE: U.S. Park Police spokesman David Schlosser tells POLITICO his service erred in pushing the reporters back, and stressed that the White House played no role in the move.

"That was strictly the U.S. Parks Police that screwed up – that has nothing to do with the Secret Service of the White House or the Administration," said Sergeant Schlosser. "We had some young officers who, when they were told to move the people back -- which we typically do when we're going to make arrests - they moved the people back a lot further than we typically do. That was a rookie, amateur error and they screwed up on that."

[mlizzy]

I could not find this on Free Republic ... sorry if it's a duplicate post ... White House closes Lafayete Park due to DADT protesters, kicks out media (direct link to video).

[a fool in paradise]

Why won’t Anderson Cooper call THESE guys “teabaggers”?

[Spok]

“That was strictly the U.S. Parks Police that screwed up – that has nothing to do with the Secret Service of the White House or the Administration,” said Sergeant Schlosser.”

Sgt. Schlosser should submit a bill to Pelosi for $300 million bailout money; everybody who carries water for the ‘bama gets paid.

[liberty_lvr]

Yep, they always have an excuse and it's never the Zero's fault.

Nothing to see here, folks, move along...

[RJL]

U.S. Park Police spokesman David Schlosser tells POLITICO his service erred in pushing the reporters back, and stressed that the White House played no role in the move.

Funny that mistakes like this never happened while Bush was in the White House.

[mlizzy]

Funny that mistakes like this never happened while Bush was in the White House.

Yes, "mistakes," funny.

[Juan Medén]

Welcome to Tiananmen Square

[Ingtar]

Sgt. Schlosser could not be reached for further comment.

[mlizzy]

This story is posted HERE prior to my post!

[a fool in paradise]

The buck never got here....

[fullchroma]

"We had some young officers who, when they were told to move the people back -- which we typically do when we're going to make arrests - they moved the people back a lot further than we typically do. That was a rookie, amateur error and they screwed up on that."

Unsupervised rookies protecting the park adjacent to the White House? (!!!!!!!) I don't think so.

[DrC]

“Unsupervised rookies protecting the park adjacent to the White House?”

Why not? There’s a rookie IN the White House allegedly protecting us from foreign threats. Do YOU feel safe?

[FrankR]

[Liberty Valance]

[Venturer]

several service members in full uniform handcuffed themselves to the White House gate to protest “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

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Were these really service members or were they just some homo’s in uniform posing as servicemen, and if they were servicemen should they soon be referred to as ex-servicemen?