The third man had earlier kicked open a secure door to a stock room and escaped through a fire door.

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After going into the theater, Holmes apparently popped a small plastic piece commonly used to secure tablecloths onto an outside door, preventing it from closing, Police Sgt.

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But the overcautious planner in me decided to lock it anyway with the key it just seemed so careless, so Kerouacian, to simply close a door when you could truly secure it.

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But the clever thieves bypassed the security by entering through the rear of the building that held the vault, via a garage door that opened outside the secure portion of the district.

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"If we don't have a secure fence and have just this open door that people can come in and out at will, we're never going to deal with this issue effectively and responsibly, " Huckabee said.

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The items were taken from a secure brick garage, but the base of a door was bent upwards to gain access.

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Not far from home, the door to the carriage flew open, and when the driver dismounted to secure it the horses bolted.

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While cables serve as secure communications links to critical systems, wireless connections are susceptible to hackers, which opens the door to myriad potential problems.

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Indeed, tomorrow we will build on the reset of U.S.-Russian relations by resetting relations between NATO and Russia as well through the NATO-Russia Council, which opens the door to cooperation on a range of security interests -- cooperation that can lead to a more secure Europe and a more secure world.

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