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\n As the Secret Service prepares for a second take at this year\u2019s White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in Washington, DC, on Friday, Director Sean Curran defended how his agency handled security at the first version of the dinner.\n <\/p>

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\n \u201cIt did work,\u201d Curran said at a press conference Wednesday. \u201cThe system worked.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The dinner in April was shut down after a gunman opened fire as he rushed through a Secret Service screening checkpoint on the floor above where the dinner was being held. The man hit one officer before he was detained by several agents.\n <\/p>\n

\n Curran noted that the man, who was staying as a guest at the hotel prior to the dinner, was stopped over 100 yards from the podium.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat is the success. That is why we set up checkpoints,\u201d Curran told reporters when asked about security preparations and reassurances for guests attending the rescheduled event Friday. \u201cThat is why we have our teams, our special teams, in place because we do plan for that, and that\u2019s the reality.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n Curran noted that advance teams have already visited the new location for the dinner \u2014 the Waldorf Astoria, instead of the Washington Hilton \u2014 and established a security plan for the evening, something the Secret Service has done for thousands of trips and visits by their protectees this year alone.\n <\/p>\n

\n While some criticism has been levied against the Secret Service over the dramatic shooting and arrest in April, Curran pushed back, noting that security checkpoints are put in place for this exact reason.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat\u2019s sometimes what people don\u2019t understand. If we didn\u2019t need the magnetometers, we wouldn\u2019t set them up,\u201d Curran said of the metal detectors that were being removed when the gunman rushed through. \u201cWe do expect bad people to show up. It\u2019s just a reality of where we are.\u201d\n <\/p>

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\n One law enforcement official told CNN that the access points are more limited at the dinner\u2019s new location, which will help focus security. The location, the person added, is also in an area with a heavy police presence from both local and federal agencies, a factor that also helps in securing the area.\n <\/p>\n

\n Secret Service officials were also clear that they do not see the second press dinner as a second go at security.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWe\u2019re not looking at this as a redo of a dinner,\u201d Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said Wednesday. \u201cWe\u2019re looking at this as a presidential site with cabinet members and other protectees there, just like every site we do everywhere we go.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The alleged gunman, Cole Allen, pleaded not guilty to attempting to assassinate the president. He remains behind bars and a trial in the case has yet to be set.\n <\/p>\n

\n The officials were also clear that the threat from Iran \u2014 a government that has called for the death of the president and at times attempted to orchestrate attempts on Trump\u2019s life \u2014 still exists and that threats against protectees continues to grow.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing now is something we\u2019ve never seen,\u201d one Secret Service official said, adding that in their nearly 30 years with the agency, the level of threats is \u201cthe highest that I\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d\n <\/p>

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