Gerald Gainous
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Gerald B. Gainous was a resident of Washington D.C. who climbed the fence surrounding the White House four times in 1975 and 1976 during the Ford administration.[1]
In the first incident, which occurred November 26, 1975, he was able to walk about the grounds without being stopped for about 90 minutes.[2] He approached the President's daughter, Susan Ford, as she was unloading camera equipment from her car, before carrying on.[3] He was freed on probation after that incident.
Gainous claimed he was trying to gain the President's attention in order to obtain a pardon for his father who had been convicted of conspiring to import heroin.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Reading Eagle, August 16, 1976, page 6 retrieved 2011-08-07
- ^ Federation of American Scientists, White House Security Review
- ^ Protection of the White House Complex in the Twentieth Century
- ^ Calgary Herald, August 16, 1976, page 8 retrieved 2011-08-07
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