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"Update 5 p.m. ET: George Ogilvie, a spokesman for the Secret Service, tells CNN's Dan Merica, \"Michel Bechard approached uniformed division officers at the White House and he proceeded to get fully undressed. As uniformed division officers attempted to subdue him, he assaulted a uniform division officer and he was taken into custody.\"\n\nA man was detained outside the White House on Friday for stripping naked and assaulting an officer, the Secret Service says.\nSee also: White House Won't Ban Selfies, Despite Obama-Ortiz Snafu\nThe man, whose identity has not been released, had reportedly asked for a meeting with the White House outside the Northwest gate, but the request was denied. \n\n\n\nWhite House drama! Some guy got naked outside the white house!! #drama #whitehouse #thecopsbeathim #whitehouse pic.twitter.com/SbKW9IgJVX\u2014 Whitehouse (@whphotos2013) May 23, 2014\n\n\n\nThe man then stripped naked and was quickly \"tackled\" by the Secret Service while putting up a brief fight, witnesses said.\n\n\n\nNaked guy at White House. pic.twitter.com/IfdnG1Wehl\u2014 Suzanne Gamboa (@SuzGamboa) May 23, 2014\n\n\n\nOfficials covered the naked man in an \"odd tin foil like blanket,\" NBC's Chuck Todd reports, before giving him a white robe and whisking him away in a marked police van. \nHe has been taken to an area hospital and charges are pending.\n\n\n\nCops have clothed the man, taking him away pic.twitter.com/Ys3OZoymE3\u2014 Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) May 23, 2014\n\n\n\nA number of fence-jumpers have attempted to gain access to the White House lawn over the years, oftentimes to gain visibility for their cause or message. \nPresident Barack Obama was at the White House at the time of the incident, according to the White House\u2019s daily guidance. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\n      window._msla=window.loadScriptAsync||function(src,id){if(document.getElementById(id))return;var js=document.createElement('script');js.id=id;js.src=src;document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0].parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);};\n_msla(\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\",\"twitter_jssdk\");"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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