The New York Times · United States Politics and Government

Security at Correspondents’ Dinner Worked as Intended, Experts Say

· By Devlin Barrett
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The gunman who sprinted through a security checkpoint on Saturday night at the Washington Hilton believed that the Secret Service was poorly prepared to guard top administration officials against him, according to writing he left behind. Agents, in turn, stopped him in a matter of seconds.

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