According to the Washington Post, the report shows that White House security has been threatened a minimum of 91 times since 1980.
The security breakdowns include a family who drove into the White House in a mini van in 1982, a pilot who killed himself trying to land in plane in the grounds in 1994 and a woman who falsely declared that she had a 'special relationship' with former president Bill Clinton.
The report was commissioned in 2001 by the Secret Service after the impostor Richard C Weaver bypassed security to shake George Bush's hand.
Secret service official Edwin Donovan asserted that the report was created to train officers and agents, saying that it 'raises the awareness of uniformed division officers and agents about their jobs'.
He continued: 'We have to be concerned about the threats to our protectees at all times, whether at the White House or away from the White House.'
Since 1980, trespassers have managed to meet people protected by the Secret Service, including the president, eight times. The same man was involved in four of these incidents.
The report states, that before their intrusion, over four in ten impostors were known to federal agencies, eight had admitted their intent, and three were already being investigated by the Secret Service.
The dossier also claims to reveal loopholes that could be abused by potential criminals.
Meanwhile, the most recent intrusion by the Salahis has provoked the Secret Service into launching a criminal investigation against the pair and assessing the White House's current security measures.
Mr and Mrs Salahi gained notoriety when, uninvited, they managed to gatecrash a state banquet hosted at the White House by President Obama in honour of visiting Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh.
An official White House photo later released showed Mrs Salahi, an aspiring reality TV star, shaking hands with the president.
The security breakdowns include a family who drove into the White House in a mini van in 1982, a pilot who killed himself trying to land in plane in the grounds in 1994 and a woman who falsely declared that she had a 'special relationship' with former president Bill Clinton.
The report was commissioned in 2001 by the Secret Service after the impostor Richard C Weaver bypassed security to shake George Bush's hand.
Secret service official Edwin Donovan asserted that the report was created to train officers and agents, saying that it 'raises the awareness of uniformed division officers and agents about their jobs'.
He continued: 'We have to be concerned about the threats to our protectees at all times, whether at the White House or away from the White House.'
Since 1980, trespassers have managed to meet people protected by the Secret Service, including the president, eight times. The same man was involved in four of these incidents.
The report states, that before their intrusion, over four in ten impostors were known to federal agencies, eight had admitted their intent, and three were already being investigated by the Secret Service.
The dossier also claims to reveal loopholes that could be abused by potential criminals.
Meanwhile, the most recent intrusion by the Salahis has provoked the Secret Service into launching a criminal investigation against the pair and assessing the White House's current security measures.
Mr and Mrs Salahi gained notoriety when, uninvited, they managed to gatecrash a state banquet hosted at the White House by President Obama in honour of visiting Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh.
An official White House photo later released showed Mrs Salahi, an aspiring reality TV star, shaking hands with the president.
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