Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary identified the fence-jumper as Omar J. Gonzalez, 42, of Copperas Cove, Texas. According to court documents, he was carrying a folding knife with a 3.5-inch serrated blade.
Gonzalez faces federal charges of entering a restricted building while carrying a weapon, punishable by up to 10 years in prison. A U.S. District Court magistrate judge in Washington today ordered him held without bond pending a hearing Sept. 22.
Margarita O’Donnell, a lawyer representing Gonzalez at a court appearance today, said he served 18 years in the military, including three tours in Iraq, and reported living in the Washington area for about three months.
Gonzalez told Secret Service agents he was “concerned that the atmosphere was collapsing” and wanted to alert the president, according to an affidavit filed with the court.
Source: Business Week
One wonders if he was a member of 350.org or some other similar climate propaganda organization.
Or maybe he simply got the idea from NASA: A Puzzling Collapse of Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
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Perhaps he just confused the atmosphere with the debt bubble.
Good Lord! This is outrageous! Obama might have missed a tee time!