Former Secret Service Agents Detail Security Implications Of Cocaine Discovery At White House

The discovery of cocaine at the White House could have major implications for security protocols going forward, according to two former Secret Service agents who spoke with The Daily Wire. 

Robert McDonald, a former agent who now teaches criminal justice at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, said the ultimate takeaway from the situation will be determined by the outcome of the investigation into how cocaine ended up inside the White House. 

“While this was cocaine, it certainly could have been something else that either went undetected or was somehow secreted in something that wasn’t able to be visible by the officers,” McDonald said in an interview with The Daily Wire. “This will be an opportunity for the Secret Service to continue to better its procedures and protocols, to evaluate and reevaluate what they’re doing so that something like this doesn’t happen again.”

McDonald said that Secret Service members who screen people coming into the White House employ “much more complex and robust” procedures than what one might expect at a baseball or basketball game. He said the officers in charge of screening are “very, very good” at their jobs. 

“We still need to figure out how this got in there, who brought it in. Once we figure out those answers, I think that’s going to be able to show us whether the Secret Service missed something here or if it was brought in by someone who potentially didn’t go through screening,” McDonald said. 

He said that messaging coming out of the White House on the discovery was “incredibly poor” and only leads to more “speculation,” referencing Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates’s comments on Air Force One that the Hatch Act prevented him from commenting on the investigation. 

Secret Service agents themselves are subject to frequent drug testing, McDonald added 

Charles Marino, another former agent who is now the CEO of Sentinel Security, told The Daily Wire that he believes the Secret Service should be able to narrow down the list of suspects relatively quickly. 

“Based on where the cocaine was found, I’m pretty confident that it was not there for a long period of time, based on the security measures, the sweeps of that area. So that gives the Secret Service some type of a time frame,” he said. 

According to media reports, the cocaine was found on Sunday in a cubby by the lower West Wing entrance, which is immediately accessible from West Executive Avenue. This area is in a restricted and secured area, according to Marino. 

The area would be accessible to outsiders being escorted on a tour by people with a West Wing pass, which would include individuals who work in the area, Marino said. 

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Marino said that the key is to wait while the investigation runs its course. 

“The investigation is going to determine here how this entered the complex. If you have, for example, a family member or a higher-level person that does not have to undergo such screening scrutiny, then that’s going to be one aspect that needs to be looked at. If it’s ultimately found [that the cocaine] came through the normal screening process to enter the White House, then that’s going to, I think, enact other responses,” he said. 

Tucker Carlson Says He Made ‘A Huge Mistake’ Getting Involved With Politics In 2022

Tucker Carlson said he made “a huge mistake” when he decided to get involved in American politics in November 2022, noting that he doesn’t plan to weigh in on the upcoming Republican or Democratic primaries.

Carlson gave his first interview since leaving Fox News during Friday’s episode of Rumble’s “Stay Free With Russell Brandpodcast. When asked by Brand what his relationship now is with former President Donald Trump, Carlson made it clear he won’t be talking about the ins and outs of the 2024 election.

Forming alliances across the political spectrum is vital to tackle centralized authority – that's why @TuckerCarlson is joining me on my show TOMORROW Let me know if you'll be watching the show & tweet your questions – i'll pick my favourites and put them to Tucker pic.twitter.com/icsg88UGhe

— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) July 6, 2023

“Well, I love Trump, personally,” Carlson replied. “I mean I made a huge mistake last November in getting involved in American politics. Something I’ve never done before, in making calls [about who was going to win in various states.]”

“And I was wrong on almost every call,” he added. “I’m not a very astute political analyst. I’m not interested in politics. I never have been interested in politics. I’m interested in ideas. I’m interested in people. And so there’s a primary going on in the United States between Trump and a bunch of other people, primarily [Florida Gov.] Ron DeSantis … but others, Vivek Ramaswamy for example.”

“I haven’t said word one about it, don’t plan to,” Carlson continued. “I think looking back on this ten years from now, assuming we’re still around, I think we are going to see Trump’s emergence as the most significant thing to happen in American politics in 100 years because he reoriented the Republican party against the wishes of Republican leaders.”

Tucker Carlson drops pure FIRE on why he loves Trump’s position on Ukraine:

“Trump is the only person… who is saying: ‘Wait a second. You know, why are we supporting an endless war in Ukraine?’”

“And everyone in Washington is wrong, everyone….Trump is right on that question…… pic.twitter.com/NlCxKpt4Kz

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) July 7, 2023

The former Fox News host explained that when it comes to how he feels about Trump now, it’s the former president’s “foreign policy views,” specifically when it comes to the Ukraine war, that make him stand out from the rest.

He said Trump is the only person with “stature” in the Republican Party who has asked “why are we supporting an endless war in Ukraine,” and he slammed “everyone in Washington” for having the opposite reaction to the war.

Despite his comments about staying out of politics, Carlson later told the host he’s “hoping” both Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is running against President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary, are the ones to get their parties’ nominations, but said that he thinks it’s going to be “tough” for them.

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