Attention, Secretary Clinton! Security Breach!

by rah on 01/22/09 at 11:24 pm

Madam Secretary, while you’re cleaning up the other messes left by your predecessor, I respectfully call your attention to a breach of security at the State Department which was revealed at the screening of “In The Loop” at the Sundance Film Festival.

Of course, you should see the movie. It’s hysterical, and it’s probably closer to a documentary than anyone at State would care to acknowledge.

It’s a foul-mouthed farce about the USA and the UK ginning up intelligence to make a case for war in the Middle East.

Anyway, you know all about THAT.

What you don’t know is that the writer-director, Armando Iannucci, got into your new digs with a fake ID and a line of BS.

That’s right, some random Brit printed up a phony press credential with his picture on it, waved it at the security entrance saying, “BBC. I’m here for the 12:30,” and the guard not only let him in, but pointed the way.

He roamed freely, taking pictures for reference to create sets.

When someone challenged him in the corridor, he said, “I’m here for the 12:30,” and the reply came, “Oh, it’s down there,” with a helpful wave in the right direction.

We all want you to get down to business with the important diplomacy and development matters that are your responsibilities.

But first, could you tell the folks at the door to be more careful about checking the IDs?

Iannucci asked the 1000+ people in the audience not to tell how easy it is to get into the State Department.
But I’m tellin’.

(He should have known better – the next screening in that theater is “The Informers” and a lot of us are sticking around for that one.)

Anyway, Madam Secretary, I know you’re busy – isn’t it almost time for your 12:30?

Ruth Ann Harnisch
Via BlackBerry

Posted via email from Ruth Ann Harnisch