Tony Berlin

While the security perimeter outside of the ballroom worked, and the Secret Service and Federal Law Enforcement acted swiftly to secure the ballroom and move the President and high level officials out of harms way, the fact is there numerous glaring security issues: 1) no photo ID and no verified list of attendees, which is common for any White House event. 2) there were no magnetometers before the ballroom. Prior to the event, there were numerous receptions that someone could have easily gotten into — with limited security. 3) the building was still open to the general public. 4) without getting into details, I will just say, there was not a good handle on how many members of Congress were at the event and where they were in the room. 5) there needs to be a complete and thorough after action as to how the gunman got from his hotel room into a secure area with numerous guns.