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Republican Tells Secret Service Director About ADT

By JM Rieger
Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

By JM Rieger and Hannah Hess

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A Florida Republican brought a prop to illustrate his point during Tuesday’s hearing on the Sept. 19 security breach at the White House. After asking about broken glass following a 2011 shooting at the White House, Rep. John L. Mica held up a the blue shield of ADT Security Systems and asked, “Have you ever heard of these guys?” The congressman plugged ADT as a solution for the 2011 incident, when a window broken by a bullet went undiscovered for at least three days.

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