After spraying the White House and its front lawn with up to 30 bullets bullets, the man was wrestled to the ground by passersby and taken into custody by law enforcement officials, said Richard Griffin, assistant director of the Secret Service for protective operations.
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On Thursday, at the Senate Judiciary Committee, Richard Miller, the Secret Service's assistant director for protective operations, directly disputed the White House assertion that presidential aides had improperly obtained the files because their requests were based on an outdated Secret Service list of people with access to the White House.
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Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner said that a letter from the Secret Service dated March 7, 2005, stated, " Please be advised that our Office of Protective Operations has looked into this matter and has determined that there was no deviation from Secret Service standards and procedures as your letter suggests . " The letter did not detail what the standards were.
