--- title: White House on Lockdown After Suspicious Car Trailed Sasha, Malia description: An unauthorized car trailing a motorcade containing the first daughters put the White House on lockdown Tuesday afternoon canonical: https://time.com/90286/white-house-lockdown-suspicious-car/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-07T00:31:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:41:33.375Z article:section: Politics og:title: White House on Lockdown After Suspicious Car Trailed Sasha, Malia og:description: An unauthorized car trailing a motorcade containing the first daughters put the White House on lockdown Tuesday afternoon og:url: https://time.com/90286/white-house-lockdown-suspicious-car/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03d9ec630d71ca1b/69868e3335ba6f224ac01de0/obama_family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1800 og:image:height: 1013 og:image:alt: obama_family og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: White House on Lockdown After Suspicious Car Trailed Sasha, Malia twitter:description: An unauthorized car trailing a motorcade containing the first daughters put the White House on lockdown Tuesday afternoon twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03d9ec630d71ca1b/69868e3335ba6f224ac01de0/obama_family.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Suspicious Car Causes White House Lockdown > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 7, 2014 12:31 AM UTC  U.S. President Barack Obama, his daughters Malia and Sasha, and first lady Michelle watch an NCAA men's basketball game between Oregon State and the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, November 17, 2013 U.S. President Barack Obama, his daughters Malia and Sasha, and first lady Michelle watch an NCAA men's basketball game between Oregon State and the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, November 17, 2013 Jonathan Ernst—Reuters  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney May 7, 2014 12:31 AM UTC The White House [went on lockdown](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/05/white-house-on-lockdown-due-to-suspicious-car/) briefly on Tuesday afternoon after a car made it past the Pennsylvania Avenue barricades, officials said. Security authorities cleared the North Lawn, closed the gates and instructed White House occupants to remain inside after a blue Honda Civic parked near the building’s entrance, ABC reports. The vehicle belonged to an employee of the Treasury Department who was trailing a motorcade containing the president’s daughters and did not have security clearance to pass the checkpoint. The driver is now in custody. A spokesperson would not confirm whether the breech was intended or the result of a wrong turn, [the BBC reports](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-27303083). 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