Nation: In the Secret Service We Trust

Anthony Philip Henry of Dayton, Ohio, has a deep-seated belief that the words In God We Trust on U.S. currency are blasphemous. Last week he tried to take his case right to the top: the White House. Wearing a white karate suit and carrying his well-thumbed Bible, he scrambled over the fence from Pennsylvania Avenue and managed to scamper 15 yards onto the White House lawn before being met by at least eight Secret Service agents and uniformed guards. Thereupon the slightly built, 35-year-old gate crasher whipped out a three-inch knife from his Bible and slashed one officer's face and another's...

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