Couple slips though security to crash state dinner + list of state dinner guests

The Secret Service says it's looking into its own security procedures after determining that two people crashed Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House.

Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan says that President Barack Obama was never in any danger. Donovan says the party crashers went through the same security screening as the 300-plus people actually invited to the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Donovan says the Secret Service first learned about the security breach Wednesday morning after media inquiries prompted by the crashers' online boasts about having attended the private event.

The Washington Post reports that photos from the state dinner appear on the Facebook page of one of the dinner crashers.

via Couple slips though security to crash state dinner - Yahoo! News.

The hottest ticket in the free world is to the first White House State Dinner of the Obama presidency.

The Obamas are honoring visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, but in their own way -- unlike prior state dinners in the high-ceilinged State Dining Room, the Obamas will gather a few hundred VIPs in a heated tent on the South Lawn. ...  - nbc

Here are all of the several hundred attendees who should have been there. After seeing 2010 this is sort of like the list of people who might be invited to survive the apocalypse. Nice to see Steven Spielberg made it.  I added some links. Kind of fun to research who these people are.

1. The President & First Lady Michelle Obama


2. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister, India & Ms. Gursharan Kaur


3. The Honorable (Rep) Gary Ackerman, United States Representative Mr. Sant Singh Chatwal (Guest)


4. His Excellency Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


5. Mr. Mukesh D Ambani


6. Mr. Tim Dutta (Spouse of Ms. Pia Awal)


7. The Honorable (Mr.) David Axelrod, White House Communications Mrs. Susan Axelrod


8. Ms. Preeta Bansal, OMB - General Counsel


9. The Honorable (Ms.) Melody Barnes, Domestic Policy Council Mr. Marland E. Buckner


10. The Honorable (Rep.) Howard Berman, United States Representative (D/California) Mrs. Jane Berman, Spouse of United States Representative (D/California)


11. Mr. Om Prakash Bhatt


12. Mr. Hunter Biden Mrs. Kathleen Biden


13. The Honorable (Vice President) Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice President of the United States Dr. Jill Biden


14. Mr. Robert O Blake, Jr., Assistant Sec for South and Central Asian Affairs, State Department Mrs. Sofia Blake


15. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York, NY Ms. Diana Taylor


16. The Honorable (Mr.) John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Deputy National Security Advisor for Counterterrorism, Homeland Security Council Mrs. Katherine Brennan


17. The Honorable (Ms.) Lisa Brown, Office of Staff Secretary Mr. Kevin Cullen


18. Mr. Donald Browne Ms. Maria Junqera


19. The Honorable (Ms.) Carol Browner, Energy and Climate Change The Honorable (Mr.) Tom Downey


20. Mr. William Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State Ms. Lisa Cart


21. General James E Cartwright, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mrs. Sandee Cartwright


22. The Honorable (Senator) Bob Casey, United States Senator (D/Pennsylvania) Mrs. Terese Casey, United States Senate Spouse (D/Pennsylvania)


23. Mr. Rajiv Chandrasekaran Mrs. Julie Chandrasekaran


24. Mr. I.S. Chaturvedi, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


25. Senator Satveer Chaudhry, State Senator Colonel Ravi Chaudhry (Guest)


26. Ms. Rohini Chopra


27. Mr. Deepak Chopra Mrs. Rita Chopra


28. The Honorable (Secretary) Steven Chu, Secretary of the Department of Energy Mrs. Jean Chu


29. The Honorable (Secretary) Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State


30. The Honorable (Rep.) James E. Clyburn, United States Representative (D/South Carolina) Mrs. Emily Clyburn


31. The Honorable (Senator) Kent Conrad, United States Senator (D/North Dakota) Ms. Lucy Calutti, United States Senate Spouse (D/North Dakota)


32. Mr. David Cote


33. Ms. Katie Couric Mr. Brooks L Perlin


34. Mr. Greg Craig, Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President Mrs. Margaret D Craig


35. Mrs. Paula Crown Mr. Jim Crown


36. The Honorable (Rep.) Elijah Cummings, United States Representative (D/Maryland) Mrs. Maya Rockeymoore


37. Senator Swati Dandekar, State Senator Mr. Arvind Dandekar


38. Mr. Rajesh De, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice


39. Nancy Ann DeParle, Office of Health Reform Mr. Jason P DeParle


40. Ms. Bhairavi Desai Javaid Tari


41. Dr. Vishakha N. Desai Robert Oxman


42. The Honorable (Senator) Chris Dodd, United States Senator (D/Connecticut) Mrs. Jackie Clegg Dodd


43. Mr. John Doerr


44. The Honorable (Mr.) Thomas Donilon, Assistant to the President, Deputy National Security Advisor, NSC Ms. Cathy Russell


45. The Honorable Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director Mr. Bob Bauer


46. Mr. Ari Emanuel Mrs. Sarah Emanuel


47. The Honorable (Mr.) Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to the President Ms. Amy Rule


48. The Honorable (Mr.) Jon Favreau, Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting


49. Ms. Sarah Feinberg, Office of the Chief of Staff


50. The Honorable (Mayor) Adrian Fenty, Mayor of the District of Columbia Mrs. Michelle Fenty


51. Ms. Michelle Flournoy ( Under Secretary of Defense for Policy of the United States.)


52. Mr. Thomas Friedman Mrs. Ann Friedman


53. The Honorable (Mr.) Mike Froman, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, NSC


54. Dr. Ashok S Ganguly


55. The Honorable (Mr.) Patrick Gaspard, Office of Political Affairs Mrs. Raina Washington


56. The Honorable Robert Gates


57. Ms. Charlene Gaynor Mr. Richard Heiss


58. Mr. David Geffen Mr. Jeremy Lingvall


59. The Honorable (Secretary) Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury Ms. Carole Sonnenfeld


60. The Honorable (Mr.) Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretar


61. Mr. Anish Goel, Acting Senior Director, South Asia Affairs, NSC


62. Mr. Senapathy Gopalakrishnan


63. Mr. Mark Gorenberg Ms. Wendy Wanderman


64. Mr. John Gorman Mrs. Tamra Gorman


65. Representative Jay Goyal, State Representative Kiran Goyal


66. Representative Raj Goyle, State Representative Mrs. Monica Arora


67. The Honorable (Governor) Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan (D) Mr. Daniel Mulhern, First Gentleman of Michigan


68. Mr. Earl G. Graves Mrs. Barbara Graves


69. Ms. Geeta Rao Gupta Mr. Arvind Gupta


70. Mr. Raj Gupta


71. Mr. Rajat Gupta Mrs. Anita M Gupta


72. Dr. Sanjay Gupta Mrs. Rebecca Olson Gupta


73. Mr. Lee Hamilton Mrs. Nancy Hamilton


74. The Honorable (Ms.) Kamala Harris Ms. Maya Harris


75. Mr. Kamil Hassan Mrs. Talat Hassan


76. Mr. George Haywood Mrs. Cheryl J Haywood


77. The Honorable Fred Hochberg, Export-Import Bank Thomas P Healy


78. The Honorable (Rep.) Paul Hodes, United States Representative (D/New Hampshire) Mrs. Margaret Hodes


79. The Honorable (Attorney General) Eric Holder, United States Attorney General, Department of Justice Dr. Sharon Malone, MD


80. Dr. John P. Holdren Dr. Cheryl E Holdren


81. The Honorable (Rep.) Eleanor Holmes-Norton, United States of Representative (D/DC) Mr. John Norton


82. Mr. Robert D Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, State Department Ms. Camille Massey


83. The Honorable (Rep) Steny Hoyer, United States Representative (D/Maryland) Ms. Kathleen May


84. Mr. Chris Hughes Mr. Sean S Eldridge


85. Mr. Jeff Immelt


86. The Honorable (Senator) Daniel Inouye, United States Senator (D/Hawaii) Ms. Irene Hirano, United States Senate Spouse (D/Hawaii)


87. Mrs. Deepa Iyer Mr. Parag Khandhar Mr. Vasudeva Iyer


88. The Honorable (Administrator) Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency Mr. Kenneth Jackson


89. The Honorable (Ms.) Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor


90. The Honorable (Governor) Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana Mrs. Supriya Jindal, First Lady of Louisiana


91. The Honorable (General) James Jones, Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor Mrs. Diane Jones


92. Mrs. Ann Jordan Mr. Vernon Jordan


93. Mr. Anil Kakani


94. Mr. Farooq Kathwari Mrs. Farida Kathwari


95. Mr. Neal Katyal, Principal Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General


96. Mr. Jeffrey Katzenberg Mrs. Marilyn Katzenberg


97. Ms. Maneesha Kelkar, Manavi Vinay Vaishampayan


98. The Honorable (Senator) John Kerry, United States Senator (D/Massachusetts)


99. Dr. Harish Khare, Media Advisor to the Prime Minister of India, Indian Delegation


100. The Honorable (Mr.) Bradley Kiley, Office of Management and Administration Mr. James Coley, Jr


101. Ms. Gayle King


102. The Honorable (Ambassador) Ron Kirk, USTR Mrs. Matrice Ellis-Kirk


103. The Honorable (Mr.) Ronald Klain, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Office of the Vice President


104. Mrs. Chanda D Kochhar


105. His Excellency S.M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


106. Ms. Gaitri Kumar, Joint Secretary (Americas), Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


107. Mr. Vivek Kundra


108. Mrs. Jhumpa Lahiri Mr. Alberto Vourvoulias


109. Mr. Marc Lasry Cathy Lasry


110. Mr. Jacob Lew, Deputy Secretary, Department of State


111. The Honorable Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce Mrs. Mona Locke


112. The Honorable (Mr.) Christopher Lu, Cabinet Affairs Ms. Kathryn Thomson


113. The Honorable (Senator) Richard Lugar, United States Senator (R/Indiana) Mrs. Char Lugar, United States Senate Spouse (R/Indiana)


114. Mr. Michael Lynton Ms. Elizabeth Jamie Alter


115. Mr. Surinder Malhotra


116. The Honorable (Chief of Protocol) Capricia Marshall


117. The Honorable (Ms.) Alyssa Mastromonaco, White House Office of Scheduling


118. Mr. Brian Mathis Mrs. Tracey Kemble


119. Ms. Kiran Mazumda-Shaw


120. The Honorable (Senator) Claire McCaskill, United States Senator (D/Missouri) Mr. Joseph Shepard, United States Senate Spous


121. The Honorable (Rep) Jim McDermott, United States Representative (D/Washington) Mrs. Therese Marie Hansen


122. Mr. Zarin Mehta Ms. Carmen Lasky


123. The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Messina, Office of Chief of Staff


124. Mr. Judd Miner Mrs. Linda Miner


125. Mr. Newt Minow Mrs. Josephine Minow


126. Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal


127. Kalpen Modi, Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement


128. Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mrs. Deborah Mullen


129. The Honorable (Secretary) Janet Napolitano, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security


130. His Excellency M.K. Narayanan, National Security Adviser of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


131. Mr. Shantanu Narayen Mrs. Reni Narayen


132. Mr. Raju Narisetti Durga Raghunath


133. Mr. Martin Nesbitt Ms. Anita Blanchard


134. Mr. Konrad Ng Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng


135. Ms. Indra Nooyi


136. The Honorable (Rep) David Obey, United States Representative (D/Wisconsin) Mrs. Joan Obey


137. The Honorable (Mr.) Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management & Budget


138. Mr. Jim Owens Ms. Katie Owens


139. Mr. Deepak Parekh


140. Mr. Eboo Patel Ms. Shehnez Mansuri


141. Mrs. Diane Patrick, First Lady of Massachusetts


142. The Honorable (Speaker) Nancy Pelosi, United States Representative (D/California) and Speaker of the House Mr. Paul Pelosi


143. Mr. Dan Pfeiffer, White House Office of Communications


144. Mr. Sam Pitroda Mrs. Anjana Pitroda


145. General Colin Powell Ms. Alma Powell


146. Dr. Rachakonda D Prabhu Dr. Lata Shete Prabhu


147. Mrs. Penny Pritzker Dr. Brian Traubert


148. Ms. Kavita Ramdas


149. Her Excellency Nirupama Rao, Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


150. Ms. Preetha Reddy


151. The Honorable (Governor) Edward Rendell, Governor of Pennsylvania (D) The Honorable (Judge) Marjorie Rendell, First Lady of Pennsylvania


152. Mr. Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting


153. The Honorable (Ambassador) Susan Rice, United States Ambassador to the United Nations Mr. Ian Cameron


154. The Honorable (Governor) Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico (D)


155. Mrs. Barbara Richardson, First Lady of New Mexico


156. Ms. Robin Roberts


157. Mrs. Marian Robinson


158. Ambassador Timothy Roemer, US Ambassador to India Mrs. Mary Johnston


159. Ms. Desiree Rogers, Special Assistant to the President and White House Social Secretary


160. Mr. John Rogers


161. The Honorable (Dr.) Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers


162. Mr. Dennis Ross, NSC


163. The Honorable (Rep) Edward Randall Royce, United States Representative Marie Therese Royce


164. Mr. Michael Sacks Mrs. Cari Sacks


165. The Honorable (Rep.) Linda Sanchez, United States Representative (D/California) Mr. James Sullivan, Guest of Then Honorable Linda Sanchez


166. Mr. Pankaj Saran, Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


167. His Excellency Shyam Saran, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister on Climate Change, Indian Delegation


168. Mr. Jaideep Sarkar, Personal Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


169. Mr. Parag Saxena


170. The Honorable (Rep.) Jan Schakowsky, United States Representative (D/Illinois) Mr. Robert Creamer


171. The Honorable (Mr.) Phil Schiliro, Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs Mrs. Jody Schiliro


172. Ms. Annetta Seecharran Seema Agnani


173. Mr. Stuart Seldowitz, Acting Director for South Asia, NSC


174. Dr. Amartya Sen Ms. Emma Georgina Rothschild


175. Under Secretary Rajiv J Shah, Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics, Department of Agriculture


176. The Honorable Sonal Shah, Deputy Assist to the President, Director Office of SICP, Domestic Policy Council


177. Mr. Vinod Shah


178. Her Excellency Meera SHANKAR, Ambassador, India


179. The Honorable Susan Sher, Assistant to the President/Chief of Staff to the First Lady The Honorable (Mr.) Neil Cohen


180. Mr. M. Night Shyamalan Mrs. Bhavna Shyamala


181. Ms. Amrit Singh Mr. Analjit Singh


182. Mr. Arun K. Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of India, Indian Delegation


183. Mr. Balvinder Singh Mr. Mohinder Singh


184. Mr. Lakhwinder Singh Mrs. Sukhbir Kaur


185. Ms. Upinder Singh


186. Mr. Steven Spielberg


187. Mr. Sri Srinivasan Ms. Carla Garrett


188. Ms. Srinija Srinivasan


189. The Honorable (Mr.) Jim Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State Ms. Sherburne Bradstreet


190. Mrs. Semonti Stephens, Deputy Press Secretary, Office of the First Lady


191. Mr. Andy Stern Ms. Anna Burger


192. Mrs. Jane Stetson Mr. Bill Stetson


193. Xenophilius Lovegood


194. Honorable (Dr.) Larry Summers, Director, National Economic Council Dr. Elisa New


195. The Honorable (Ms.) Mona Sutphen, Office of Chief of Staff Mr. Clyde Williams


196. Mr. Ratan Tata


197. The Honorable (Ms.) Tina Tchen, Office of Public Liaison


198. Ambassador Vinai Thummalapally, Ambassador, Embassy of Belize Mrs. Barbara Thummalapally


199. Mr. Jim Torrey Ms. Rose P Lynch


200. Mr. Richard Trumka Mr. Paul H Lemmon


201. Ms. Urvashi Vaid Ms. Kate Clinton


202. Mr. Kirk Wagar Ms. Crystal Connor


203. Dr. Eric E. Whitaker Dr. Cheryl Whitaker


204. Mr. Brian Williams Mrs. Jane Williams


205. Mr. Wellington Wilson Mrs. Wilson


206. Mr. Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary, Department of Treasury


207. Ms. Alfre Woodard Mr. Blair E Underwood


208. Mr. Fareed Zakaria Ms. Paula Throckmorton Zakaria

Here is a photo of the gate crashing couple:

image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009

Michaele and Tareq Salahi penetrated the intensive layers of security surrounding a US president armed with nothing more than a badly-fitting dinner jacket, eye-catching sari dress and mind-boggling chutzpah on Tuesday night.

Boasting of being "honoured to be at the White House", Mrs Salahi's page on her Facebook site showed her posing for photographs with Vice President Joe Biden, the White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, the CBS News presenter Katie Couric, Adrian Fenty, the mayor of Washington DC and even three US marines.

But Facebook photos also appear to show the couple in the First Family's glass-enclosed bullet proof viewing area after a concert at the Lincoln Memorial during Barack Obama's inauguration weekend, The Washington Post reported.

Mr Biden's snaps were particularly embarrassing, one capturing the vice president with his arm around the gatecrasher's waist as she rested a hand intimately on his chest.

Mrs Salahi is a former Washington Redskins cheerleader who, along with her husband, has auditioned to appear in a forthcoming TV show called Real Housewives of DC. The couple were last year involved in a family feud over the future of a $4.75 million vineyard.

Other pictures on her page show the couple with the Prince of Wales, President Obama, Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey, as well as one of Mrs Salahi wearing a skimpy dress on the cover of a local lifestyle magazine.

A publicist for Mrs Salahi initially insisted the couple had not been gatecrashers but later merely confirmed that they "both had a wonderful time".

However, White House officials confirmed they had not been invited to the dinner nor included on the official guest list. Officials only learned of the intrusion after the media spotted the Facebook pictures.

In what is believed to be the first incidence in modern history of anyone gatecrashing a White House state dinner, the Salahis ended up in the same room as the Obamas and Manmohan Singh although it appears they were never seated for dinner. It was not clear if they ever spoke to the Obamas. - telegraph