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US to add second layer of steel spikes to White House fence
Associated Press ^ | May 7, 2015 12:03 PM EDT | Alicia A. Caldwell

Posted on 05/07/2015 9:18:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai

The Secret Service is adding a second layer of steel spikes to the top of the White House fence to keep would-be intruders at bay, according to a proposal submitted to the National Capitol Planning Commission.

The ½-inch long steel “pencil point” spikes will be snapped into place at the top of the fence and protrude outward, according to a diagram included in the proposal submitted for the Secret Service by that National Park Service. The spikes will be added to the fence along the north and south sides of the White House grounds. […]

The Secret Service has been studying ways to improve security at the White House since a Texas man was able to climb over the fence and run deep into the executive mansion in September. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: obama; secretservice; steelspikes; whitehouse; whitehousefence
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To: Olog-hai

And all this time I thought fences didn’t keep out intruders.


21 posted on 05/07/2015 9:24:51 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Olog-hai

I’ll bet that the WH has a very deep bunker that reaches into Sheol.


22 posted on 05/07/2015 9:26:18 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats & GOPe delenda est. U.S. Federal government = 1930s Nazi gov.)
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To: Olog-hai

What is next?

A moat to keep Americans from their Indonesian
undocumented alQaeda-arming, Constitution-destroying
pro-Sharia Tyrant by Pelosi’s fraud and
Boehner’s and McConnell’s systematic Treason.


23 posted on 05/07/2015 9:26:22 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: Olog-hai

If it can keep the Clintons out it’s worth it.


24 posted on 05/07/2015 9:27:01 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: NorthMountain

chickens to throw to the alligators —

That’s Rassis


25 posted on 05/07/2015 9:28:11 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (an icon of resistance within the oppressed patriots, who represent resilience in the face of SSV)
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To: Olog-hai

Why can’t they make em so they inject hemlock?


26 posted on 05/07/2015 9:29:30 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: dfwgator

And long tail cats!


27 posted on 05/07/2015 9:30:05 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Olog-hai

How about posting a border patrol agent? Interesting, so ibama believes a fence will work as a deterrent..???


28 posted on 05/07/2015 9:30:10 AM PDT by Leep (To put it in laymen's terms liberal/progressive ist coo coo.)
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To: dfwgator

we were told that building a fence shows we are bad neighbors over the border debate and yet this is our house not the so called messiah’s.


29 posted on 05/07/2015 9:30:22 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Vendome

And ill-tempered sea bass.


30 posted on 05/07/2015 9:31:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Scrambler Bob

More like “Cock and Bull”


31 posted on 05/07/2015 9:31:59 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Olog-hai
US to add second layer of steel spikes to White House fence

But refuses to protect Pam Geller. Spikes to protect a lying socialist ISIS loving POS in government, and nothing for the truthful citizens who pay for the POS's myriad golf vacations and the kobe steaks that his wookie spouse sucks up. In short, business as usual.

32 posted on 05/07/2015 9:34:12 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: Olog-hai

Not only is Ibama pro fense but he must be pro-gun,too. He would never disarm his protectors who carry guns? How very Right-wing of him.


33 posted on 05/07/2015 9:34:33 AM PDT by Leep (To put it in laymen's terms liberal/progressive ist coo coo.)
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To: Olog-hai

Million grinder march. Base of fence. Just sayin’.

http://www.amazon.com/Makita-XAG03Z-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless/dp/B00OXUPP44/ref=sr_1_2?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1431016482&sr=1-2


34 posted on 05/07/2015 9:34:39 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: circlecity

You could feed chickens to the sharks, same as the ‘gators ...


35 posted on 05/07/2015 9:35:33 AM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: cripplecreek

> I think the fence should be torn down till we see some border security.

That’s what chains and dually pickups are for...: )


36 posted on 05/07/2015 9:36:58 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“Have fun stormin’ the castle!!”


37 posted on 05/07/2015 9:43:04 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: Farmer Dean

> What’s next,razor wire?

They are going to mount the heads of “Enemies of the People” on the stakes.


38 posted on 05/07/2015 9:45:55 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Olog-hai

Obama showed us that fences don't work.


39 posted on 05/07/2015 9:47:19 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
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To: Olog-hai
Ah! We now will have Gitmo on the Potomac. Another Muslim incarcerated! Great!
40 posted on 05/07/2015 9:47:24 AM PDT by Know et al (Keep on Freepin'!!!)
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