27th November, 2009, Washington
Michaele and Tariq Salahi didn’t look out of place at Tuesday’s white House state dinner in honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The couples were all smiles as they rubbed shoulders with vice president Joe Biden, white house chief of staff Rahm Emanuel and Washington mayor Adrian fenty, among others. No one suspected the salahis were brazen party crashers-and wannabe reality TV stars. The secret service is looking into the security lapses which took place and into its procedures after determining that the Virginia couple managed to slip into the event though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesperson Ed Donovan said. There was never any danger because the salahis went through same security procedure as the 300 plus people at the dinner, Donovan said.
The Washington post, which first reported on their first evening out, said the salahnis were well known in the Virginia horse- country set and were being considered for the bravo reality TV show, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF DC. The secret service learned about the security breach on Wednesday after a media inquiry prompted by the salahis online boasts about having attended the event. One of the photos posted on salahis face book page shows couple with smiling Biden.