Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi took photos on the red carpet and mingled with guests at Tuesday’s state dinner, though neither was on the guest list for the event.

Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.

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A secret service spokesman said Michaele Salahi and her husband, Tarek, got past a checkpoint that “did not follow proper procedures.”

The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said.

Tareq and Michaele Salahi, part of the cast of a reality show called "The Real Housewives of DC," crashed Tuesday's state dinner at the White House . Facebook photos of the couple posing with Vice President Joe Biden and Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel indicate that the couple had up-close access to some of Washington's elite, without actually being on the guest list.

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Aspiring reality-TV stars Tareq and Michaele Salahi crashed Tuesday's state dinner at the White House.