Security Concerns

to the editor: it is incredible thatthesecret serviceand others couldn't prevent tareq and michaele salahi from crashing a recent state dinner at the white house. is security so lax thatsomeone could teepee the white house, as was recently done to the colorado state house in denver? you have to wonder iflaw enforcement agencies under president obama-includingthe cia,fbi, homeland security, border patrol, coast guard, national guard,the militaryand others-arereally prepared to provide security for 8 million new yorkers whenthe 9/11 terrorists go on trial in lower manhattan's foley court house. is the obama administration up to the task? can americansafford the risk?

larry penner great neck, long island letters have been edited for clarity, style and brevity.