Responsible for security of the United States Secret Service White House confirmed the same day around 14:45, a man wearing an American flag over the White House is located on the north side of the fence on Pennsylvania Avenue into the lawn, he was immediately arrested by Secret Service personnel. According to the US NBC and other media quoted an eyewitness as saying that the man read the fence biting when a folder with his teeth.

After the incident, the White House blocked immediately, the Secret Service conduct a comprehensive safety inspection, investigation and hidden, the US National Park Service to further upgrade the level of security surrounding the White House.

According to the White House announced the president calendar of events, the Obama family to celebrate Thanksgiving Day at the White House, did not go out plan.

As the president's residence, the White House is facing enormous security pressures, the White House over the past five years a total of 16 arrests over the fence "trespass" White House sources, arrest six last year alone. The most serious one "break event" occurred last September, when the US Department of Veterans Gonzalez carry folding knife over the fence into the White House lawn, breaking the North Portico of the door into the White House, and even into the Obama speech and conduct regular entertainment It will be the "East Hall", this event and the subsequent exposure of the White House series lead to security vulnerabilities when he was Secret Service Director Pearson resigned. In April this year, a California man late at night over the White House fence, was arrested immediately.