INDIA-GATECRASHER

"This whole issue of him being a third gatecrasher, while
it merits more investigation, he's unlike the other two
individuals who are subject to this investigation. He did stay
for the dinner," the lawyer was quoted as saying.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs refused to entertain
question on this issue at his daily press briefing Tuesday
saying that it is a subject of criminal investigation.
In what could be seen as a major security breach to both
the White House and the Indian delegation, Allen is said to
have travelled to the White House on November 24 evening from
Willard Continental hotels - where the Indian delegation and
the Prime Minister were staying - in a vehicle along with
about half-a-dozen top Indian CEOs.
It is understood that the Indian CEOs who were part of
the official Indian delegation were a last minute invitee
to the State Dinner. The invitation for them was received the
same day and the arrangement for their smooth entry into the
White House was made within hours by the State Department at
the request of the Indian Embassy.
"The Embassy had requested for arrangements to be made
for invited Indian CEOs who were part of the CEOs' Forum and
were staying at the Willard Hotel to be taken to the State
Dinner," Chhabra said. The Indian Embassy did not release the
names of the CEOs who were in that group.
The vehicle carrying CEOs along with Allen was part of a
convoy of vehicles carrying members of the delegation. But it
did not include the Prime Minister and the Minister of
External Affairs, who went to the White House later in the
evening. (More) PTI