Couple slips though security to crash state dinner

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The Secret Service said it’s looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night’s state dinner at the White House.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan said that President Obama was never in any danger. Donovan said the party crashers went through the same security screening as the 300-plus people invited to the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Donovan said the Secret Service first learned about the security breach Wednesday morning after media inquiries prompted by the crashers’ online boasts about having attended the private event.

The Washington Post reported that photos from the state dinner appear on the Facebook page of one of the dinner crashers.

-- Associated Press