Secret Service Searched Occupy D.C. Camp For Person Who Shot At White House

Talking Points Memo ^ | NOVEMBER 16, 2011 | RYAN J. REILLY

[Qbert]

The Secret Service searched Occupy D.C. on Monday for a man suspected of firing bullets at the White House on Friday, one of which was stopped by the building’s ballistic glass.

Protestor Ralph Wittenberg told TPM on Tuesday evening that authorities came through “searching for a so-called terrorist who shot at the White House, with no warrant, they went into everybody’s tents.”

A person handling media requests for Occupy DC confirmed the searches and said they were led by the Secret Service. The agency did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Police have been trying to locate 21-year-old Oscar Ortega Hernandez, a mentally ill man from Idaho who authorities say is connected to the incident, which apparently took place on Friday.

Agents began investigating after gunshots were heard on Friday night, but NBC Washington reports that agents didn’t discover the bullets until Tuesday morning.

One bullet hit an exterior window of the White House but was stopped by the bulletproof glass behind the historic glass. An additional round was found on the exterior of the building, the Secret Service told the news channel. Authorities recovered an AK-47 rifle near the scene.

Strangely, the Secret Service says the agency isn’t yet positive that the Friday incident is linked to the bullets found on the grounds of the White House.

[null and void]

They’re just like the Tea Party </MSM>

[Linda Frances]

George Bush did it with his long-range rifle.

[cripplecreek]

The occunazis were my first thought.

When you stir up the psychos they become uncontrollable loose cannons.

[TSgt]

This OWS shooting is like all of the Tea Party shootings.

Wait...There weren’t any Tea Party shootings. Or rapes, or murders, or public displays of pooping.

[muawiyah]

Warrant? I don't quite see why the federal cops would need a warrant to enter on federal property to try to find a guy who'd shot at the White House.

[Logical me]

It is time to clean these pigs out.

[apillar]

Well, considering Obama’s net worth. He IS one of those EVIL 1% that the OWS folks supposedly hate so much...

[Uri’el-2012]

Protestor Ralph Wittenberg told TPM on Tuesday evening that authorities came through “searching for a so-called terrorist who shot at the White House, with no warrant, they went into everybody’s tents.”

What a complete Twit !

Is a warrant required for squatters ?

[Uri’el-2012]

Are the Democrats planning to eliminate 0bama,
so they can clean house and run Hillary for President next year ?

[kcvl]

Suspect: 21-year-old Oscar Ramiro Ortega, who has a lengthy criminal record in eastern Idaho

[Jonty30]

Like all things Texan, that is a loooonggg-range rifle.

[SMARTY]

Isn’t this the same crowd that ELECTED “O”??

[Darksheare]

Too bad there isn't an airlock to send them out of.

[Uri’el-2012]

Isn’t this the same crowd that ELECTED “O”??

Yes; they seem to be simple minded anarchists.

[6SJ7]

Imagine the firkin’ firestorm from the MSM if this had been a Tea Party member.

[PATRIOT1876]

I'm shocked, shocked that Obama, reid, and Pelosi would let the Secret Service search their own astroturf!

Although if Obama is in fear of his life he would probably act like Osama did in his final minutes.......

Michelle, if there's danger, don't stand to close to the potus

[Obadiah]

Oscar Ortega Hernandez, a mentally ill man...

Doesn't this basically describe the whole OWS crowd??

[Aunt Polgara]

I’ll be the first to say it... Cain’s fault!

Didn’t Cain say that the Occupy folks should be protesting at the White House???

[muawiyah]

Actually, even on federal property you need probable cause. Given that none of those folks had a permit for a tent, the tents weren't really there. But, yes, you'd need a warrent to stop and frisk the squatters, and no, you don't need a warrent to enter into an unpermitted structure, but a tent, as it turns out, is not a structure at all! It's more like an article of clothing (under the circumstances).

I think the federales had it right in this instance.