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Daily Beast Boss Exposes Security Gaps at WHCD
April 27, 2026
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/Hugh DoughertyThe Daily Beast’s Executive Editor Hugh Dougherty, who was staying in the hotel room next door to the would-be assassin who targeted the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, appeared on MS NOW to discuss the gaping holes in the security surrounding the event.Dougherty detailed his experience as a guest at the Washington Hilton in an essay earlier in the day.
“A man who wanted to kill people—many people, maybe me, maybe my colleagues—had checked into the Washington Hilton, just like I had. He had used his access to move from floor 10 to the ballroom lobby, just like I had,” Dougherty wrote.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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