Posted on 04/27/2016 9:14:35 PM PDT by Beave Meister
The U.S. Secret Service plans to raise the height of the White House security fence by 5 feet and add a new concrete foundation to reduce the risk of fence-jumpers, according to a copy of an agency report obtained by the News4 I-Team.
The agency, along with the National Park Service, said it intends to begin building a “taller, stronger” fence to protect the White House grounds by 2018.
Details of the plan were included in an audio recording of a briefing made by federal officials, which was released to the I-Team Wednesday. The same briefing is expected to be presented May 5 at a meeting of the National Capital Planning Commission, which must first approve any changes to White House fencing.
“The current fence simply is not adequate for a modern era. We’ve said that before. It is becoming more and more acutely clear that that is in fact the case,” Secret Service official Tom Dougherty said in the briefing to federal officials.
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“It is no longer a conspiracy, when it is happening right in your face”. That is my mantra now a days.
Yes isn’t that nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I suggest some razor wire for that ghetto and prison chic. At least until 0 leaves the white hut.
They meant to say “Secret Service Plans to Raise deFence Standards” but decided it was easier to levitate the white house fence.
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