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by: chill

Sun May 11, 2008 at 14:53:21 PM MST

Seventeen people have attempted or succeeded in breaching White House security since 1912. They just wanted to walk in and wander around at their own pace.

The last attempt was in 2005 by Leland Chapman Cox --no relation to Dog The Bounty Hunter's kid.

Here are two contemporaneous reports of the incident:

WASHINGTON (AP) 10/05 - A man from Arkansas scaled the fence surrounding the White House Sunday while President Bush was inside and was immediately captured by Secret Service officers.

Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry identified the jumper as Leland Chapman Cox. Cherry said Cox was being charged with unlawful entry and was expected to appear Monday in U.S. District Court.

LITTLE ROCK (FOX NEWS) 10/05 - Chelsea Clinton, not any current occupants of the White House, was the preoccupation of an Arkansas man arrested after he jumped over a fence onto the grounds of the executive mansion at Washington, according to a preliminary psychological assessment.

A court-ordered report from the District of Columbia Department of Mental Health said Leland Chapman Cox, 29, of Mammoth Spring believed that Chelsea Clinton still lived at the White House, and that he was destined to marry her.

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