Index


BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ON THE
WHITE HOUSE SECURITY REVIEW

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION ONE:

METHODOLOGY AND PROCESS
OF THE REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

THE STRUCTURE OF THE REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

THE STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT . . . . . . . . . . . .24

LIMITATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

SECTION TWO:

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FACTS . . . . . . . . . . .30

THE SEPTEMBER 12, 1994
PLANE CRASH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

THE OCTOBER 29, 1994
SHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

SECTION THREE:

RECOMMENDATIONS (UNCLASSIFIED) . . . . . . .41

POTENTIAL CHANGES TO
CIVIL AIR TRAFFIC RULES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTION . . . . . . . . ..42

CREATION OF A FORENSlC
TASK FORCE FOR THE
WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

COMMAND AND CONTROL
DURING MAJOR INCIDENTS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..44

ONGOING COORDINATION WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY . . . . . . . .44

REROUTING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC
AROUND THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX AND
CONVERTING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO
A PEDESTRIAN MALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

NOTE CONCERNING THE
RECOMMENDATION TO CONVERT
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE TO
A PEDESTRIAN MALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

SECTION FOUR:

THE EVOLUTION OF
PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..51

CREATION OF THE
WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

THE TRADITION OF
PUBLIC ACCESS TO
THE EXECUTIVE MANSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

THE EVOLUTION OF
SECURITY FEATURES AT
THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

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PROTECTION OF THE
WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX
AND THE PRESIDENT
IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

THE EVOLUTION OF THE
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . 70

PROTECTION OF THE
WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX
IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

HISTORY OF GROUND AND
AIR ASSAULTS ON
THE WHITE HOUSE COMPLEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101


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