Omar J. Gonzalez

The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, The Washington Post and The New York Times newspapers reported on Monday. The disclosures came on the eve of a congressional oversight hearing with the director of the embattled agency assigned to protect the president's life.

Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammunition, a machete and two hatchets in the car of the former soldier accused of scaling the White House fence and sprinting inside the building while carrying a knife, a US prosecutor said on Monday. President Barack Obama said he was "obviously concerned" about the weekend incident

The intruder who climbed a fence made it farther inside the White House than the Secret Service has publicly acknowledged, The Washington Post and The New York Times newspapers reported on Monday. The disclosures came on the eve of a congressional oversight hearing with the director of the embattled agency assigned to protect the president's life.

Investigators found more than 800 rounds of ammunition, a machete and two hatchets in the car of the former soldier accused of scaling the White House fence and sprinting inside the building while carrying a knife, a US prosecutor said on Monday. President Barack Obama said he was "obviously concerned" about the weekend incident