CNBC Top News｜關于白宮記者協會晚宴安保措施的已知信息

CNBC Top News｜關于白宮記者協會晚宴安保措施的已知信息

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The suspect detained after a shooting at the White House Correspondents&; Association dinner is believed to have made it past the outermost layer of security at the event at which President Donald Trump was scheduled to speak because he was a guest of the hotel, officials said Saturday.

The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, two law enforcement officials told the AP. Officials told reporters after the incident that Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives.

Security for the annual event is always tight when the president attends, especially given the venue&;s history 45 years ago, the Washington Hilton was the site of an attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and law enforcement argued that their &;multi-layered protection&; worked as designed. Still, the incident was sure to set off more questions about security around the president and political events in the wake of high-profile acts of political violence in recent years.

Here&;s what we know about the security of the correspondents&; dinner.

The interim police chief for Washington&;s Metropolitan Police Department, Jeffery Carroll, told reporters Saturday evening that investigators believe that the suspect was staying in the hotel and that appears to be how he was able to enter the hotel at the time of the event.

The hotel was closed to the public beginning at 2 p.m. ET Saturday in anticipation of the dinner, which began at 8 p.m. Outside, dozens of protesters gathered in the rain mostly directing their criticism at the media attending the event.

Access to the hotel was restricted to hotel guests, people with tickets to the dinner itself, those with an invitation to one of the receptions held at the hotel before or after the dinner, or documents from the White House Correspondents&; Association indicating affiliation with the dinner.

The 2,300 guests at the event in the hotel&;s cavernous subterranean ballroom had to pass through several additional checks to enter the room, including presenting tickets to association volunteers and hotel staff and passing through magnetometers operated by the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration.

It was not immediately released when the suspect checked into the hotel. Security camera footage released by Trump to social media shortly after the incident shows the gunman running past security officers who appear to be disassembling the metal detectors. Once the president was seated in the ballroom, additional attendees were not permitted to enter the secured area, which is why they were being escorted out.

&;It shows that our multi-layered protection works,&; Secret Service director Sean Curran said. His comments were echoed by Carroll, who said the security plan for the evening was developed by the Secret Service and &;that security plan did work this evening.&;

Inside the ballroom for the dinner itself, there were further security measures.

The U.S. Secret Service maintained another perimeter around the president, including a buffer separating him and others seated at the head table from the rest of the attendees. Armored plates were hidden under the table where Trump was seated. Secret Service agents were at their posts in front of the stage and in its wings, as were heavily armed counter-assault agents ready to respond to threats. Security details for dozens of other high-profile attendees were also in the ballroom.

A spokesperson for the hotel directed questions about their security measures to the U.S. Secret Service.

The hotel itself has a long presidential history, and every day, people regularly book rooms or fill the lobby bar to watch an event that attracts Washington&;s elite and has also drawn celebrities like George Clooney and Kim Kardashian, as well as hosts including Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah.

Although known for the correspondents&; dinner, the hotel regularly hosts large events in the nation&;s capital, especially those that feature the president. It was the site of the shooting of Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. on March 30, 1981.

Reagan was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement when Hinckley shot him with a revolver, seriously wounding him. Hinckley believed the attack would impress the actress Jodie Foster.

After that incident, the hotel made extensive security modifications specifically to accommodate the president, including a secure garage designed to fit the presidential limo, with a dedicated elevator and staircase that ferries them to a secure suite reserved for their personal use.

The suite includes a reserved bathroom that the hotel traditionally adorns with monogrammed towels for the president for the handful of times they are in the space every year.

Because of the venue&;s long presidential history, the Secret Service has used the annual event to put some agents through their paces, as the venue has been extensively studied by the agency for decades.

However, since the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, many major hotels have also tightened security protocols, in some cases adopting measures such as periodic room checks or policies aimed at flagging extended privacy requests. It was not immediately clear when the person involved on Saturday checked into the hotel, or whether any such measures would have had any bearing in this case.

官員周六表示，在白宮記者協會晚宴槍擊事件后被拘留的嫌疑人，據信因其是酒店賓客身份，得以突破活動最外層安保防線。該活動原定由唐納德·特朗普總統發表演講。

據兩名執法部門官員向美聯社透露，槍擊案嫌疑人被確認為31歲的加州托倫斯市居民科爾·托馬斯·艾倫（Cole Tomas Allen）。事發后官員向記者表示，艾倫當時持有一把霰彈槍、一把手槍及多把刀具。

每逢總統出席，這一年度活動的安保工作總是格外嚴密——尤其考慮到華盛頓希爾頓酒店45年前曾發生羅納德·里根總統遇刺未遂事件。執法部門堅稱其&;多層防護體系&;發揮了預期作用，但該事件勢必引發更多質疑：在近年來多起惡性政治暴力事件發生后，總統及政治活動周邊的安保措施是否足夠。

以下是關于記者晚宴安保工作的已知信息。

華盛頓都會區警察局代理局長杰弗里·卡羅爾周六晚間向記者表示，調查人員認為嫌疑人當時就住在該酒店內，這似乎是他能夠在事發時進入酒店的原因。

為籌備當晚8點的晚宴，該酒店于美國東部時間周六下午2點起停止對外營業。酒店外，數十名抗議者冒雨聚集，其中大部分人的批評矛頭直指參與活動的媒體。

酒店僅限以下人員進入：酒店住客、持有晚宴門票者、獲邀參加晚宴前后在酒店舉行的招待會的人士，或持有白宮記者協會出具的證明與晚宴有關聯的文件者。

在酒店宏大的地下宴會廳舉行的活動中，2300名賓客需通過多道額外安檢方可入場，包括向協會志愿者和酒店工作人員出示門票，并接受美國特勤局和運輸安全管理局操作的磁力儀檢查。

嫌疑人入住酒店時，相關信息并未立即公布。事件發生后不久，特朗普在社交媒體上發布的監控錄像顯示，槍手從正在拆卸金屬探測器的安保人員身旁跑過。當總統已在宴會廳就座后，其他與會者不得再進入警戒區域，因此他們被護送離開。

美國特勤局局長肖恩·柯倫表示：“這表明我們的多層防護體系行之有效?！笨_爾對此表示贊同，并稱當晚的安全計劃由特勤局制定，且“該安全計劃在今晚發揮了作用”。

在舉行晚宴的宴會廳內部，還部署了額外的安保措施。

美國特勤局在總統周圍設置了另一道防線，包括將他和主桌就座的其他人員與其余與會者隔開的緩沖區域。特朗普所坐的桌子下方暗藏防彈鋼板。特勤局特工駐守在舞臺前方及兩側，全副武裝的反襲擊小組也隨時準備應對威脅。數十位其他高規格與會者的安保團隊同樣駐守在宴會廳內。

酒店發言人將有關其安保措施的詢問轉交給了美國特勤局。

這家酒店本身擁有悠久的總統歷史。每天，人們都會定期預訂房間或擠滿大堂酒吧，只為觀看一場吸引華盛頓精英階層的活動。該活動還曾吸引喬治·克魯尼和金·卡戴珊等名人參與，以及吉米·坎摩爾和特雷弗·諾亞等主持人到場。

盡管以記者晚宴聞名，這家酒店仍是美國首都大型活動的常駐舉辦地，尤其以總統出席的活動為特色。1981年3月30日，小約翰·欣克利在此槍擊了里根總統。

里根在結束一場演講后正返回座駕時，辛克利用左輪手槍向他開槍，致其重傷。辛克利認為此舉能引起女演員朱迪·福斯特的注意。

該事件發生后，酒店專門為接待總統進行了全面的安全改造，包括建造一個可停放總統專車的安全車庫，并配備專用電梯和樓梯，直通為其預留的私人安全套房。

該套房配備一間專用浴室，酒店依照傳統會為總統準備繡有姓名首字母的毛巾，盡管總統每年僅會使用此處寥寥數次。

鑒于該場館悠久的總統活動歷史，美國特勤局數十年來對其進行了深入研究，并借年度活動之機對部分特工展開實戰演練。

然而，自2017年拉斯維加斯大規模槍擊事件以來，許多大型酒店也加強了安全措施，部分酒店采取了定期房間檢查或標記長期隱私請求等政策。目前尚不清楚涉事人員于周六何時入住酒店，也不確定此類措施是否與此案有關聯。