A drunken man climbed into the house of Biden's adviser: Secret Service agents did not notice him

In late April, an unidentified man entered the home of Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, around 3 a.m. He was not found by the agents guarding his house. Sullivan confronted the man and asked him to leave, reports Washington Post.

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Sullivan has XNUMX/XNUMX Secret Service security. But the agents patrolling near the house did not know that the intruder had entered the premises until the man had left and Sullivan had gone outside to warn the agents. The Councilor's House is located in the West End of Washington.

Drunk man walked past security

According to people briefed on the incident, the attacker appeared to be intoxicated and could not figure out where he was. According to them, there is no evidence that the man knew Sullivan or tried to harm him.

The Secret Service said in a statement that they have launched an investigation into the incident and how the intruder entered the Sullivan home undetected.

The agency said it considers the breach of security to be a matter of serious concern.

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“Although the individual was not injured, we take this matter seriously and have launched a full investigation to review all aspects of what happened,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. “Any deviation from our safeguarding protocols will not be tolerated and staff will be held accountable if breaches are found.”

Guglielmi said the Secret Service has taken additional security measures on and around Sullivan's home until the investigation is completed.

The White House declined to comment.

Security Changes

Usually, anyone who breaks into the property of a person under Secret Service protection is detained for questioning and then most likely arrested and charged with trespassing. But people familiar with the incident said the man who entered the Sullivan home fled the scene before Secret Service agents were alerted to his presence.

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Although Sullivan was unharmed, the incident caused alarm among the very small group of White House officials and Homeland Security officials who learned of the incident.

In 2021, the Secret Service has upgraded security for the National Security Adviser, Senior Assistant. President, who coordinates diplomatic and military affairs.

Previously, National Security Advisors were only granted Secret Service protection when they traveled outside of Washington. That changed after the FBI uncovered a 2021 Iranian plot to assassinate John Bolton, then a retired national security adviser who served under President Donald Trump.

Following this discovery, the Secret Service decided to extend permanent protections to Sullivan, Bolton, and Robert S. O'Brien, Bolton's successor. This means that agents are now permanently located near Sullivan's home in Washington DC when he is in the city.

The Department of Justice accused an Iranian military official of plotting against Bolton in August 2022. Before stepping down from his post in 2019, Bolton was the chief architect of the campaign to tighten sanctions on Iran.

The Sullivan home incident came after the husband of then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was attacked in October at the couple's home in San Francisco.

Early in the morning, an intruder burst into the room, shouting, "Where's Nancy?" and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer. Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is protected by the US Capitol Police and not the Secret Service, was not at home at the time. Capitol police cameras at Pelosi's home captured the break-in in real time, but it wasn't immediately noticed at the command center in Washington.

Sullivan lives with his wife, Margaret Goodlander, a former adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland, who now works for the Justice Department's antitrust division.

He served as Biden's national security adviser from the start of his presidency, moving to the White House after serving in a senior position on Biden's campaign. In the Obama administration, Sullivan advised Biden, then Vice President, on national security issues and also served as chief aide to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

As Biden's chief national security aide, Sullivan has played a major role in all of the president's foreign policy decisions and actions, from the withdrawal of US troops in Afghanistan to the creation of a global coalition in support of Ukraine.

He has traveled on almost every foreign trip with the president and is expected to accompany Biden to Japan.

The Secret Service has struggled over the past decade as it struggles to keep up with the rapidly growing list of people it's tasked with protecting. This is partly because her annual budget has not kept up with this additional responsibility.

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Prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks, the service provided protection for 18 people, including the president and vice president. This number began to increase as Americans became more focused on terrorist threats. By the start of the Biden administration, the service was providing protection to 27 people, including the president's grandchildren.

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