Toddler passes through White House gates, Secret Service suggests he gets a 'timeout'

The White House is guarded by a group of heavily armed Secret Service agents, but on Thursday evening, a small little intruder unknowingly passed through the gates.

A toddler managed to squeeze through the White House gates but was quickly spotted by the Secret Service agents.

The incident “caused a brief commotion among Secret Service agents,” according to a White House press pool report.

Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan said the child was returned to his parents. Neither the boy nor his parents were identified.

Of course, the Secret Service agents were easy on the toddler and did not hold the boy for questioning.

"We were going to wait until he learned to talk to question him," Secret Service Agent Edwin Donovan said in a statement, "but in lieu of that he got a timeout and was sent on way with parents."

It turns out that babies and toddlers are becoming a security issue in Washington as they can very easily pass through undetected.

As of now, there has been no mention as to whether the White House plans to baby-proof the premises.

The visitor’s center of the U.S. Capitol was closed briefly Friday morning after authorities found an unattended stroller outside. A U.S. Capitol Police spokesman said the stroller was “deemed non-hazardous.”