Posted on 03/20/2015 3:52:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Washington (AFP) - The US Secret Service has requested $8 million to build a replica of the White House for use in training agents to prevent incidents like last year's mansion intrusion, the agency's director said Tuesday.
Joseph Clancy said the agency's current rudimentary training facility, in Beltsville, Maryland, is not to scale, and has "no structures, vehicle gates, lighting, or other aides to enhance the training simulations."
He told a House of Representatives panel reviewing 2016 funding that his agency's budget "includes $8 million for the design and initial construction of a White House mock-up" in Maryland that will provide for a "more realistic environment conducive to scenario-based training exercises."
At the current facility, for example, "bike barricades" are stand-ins for White House fencing, Clancy said.
The lack of realistic training facilities is in marked contrast to US military operations, which have used such replicas for years.
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Why not just use the real thing? The Obama’s are always away on vacation.
have it fumigated first!
That’s nice... I want a new Town Car.
have it fumigated first!
Train at the Real Whitehut. Its not like Obama and Mooch are ever there anyway. How much worse could they do than the drunks already there?
I say yes. But...only if they remove all the bars and alcohol. Failing that..take their car keys away from them.
If those fools had asked me for that, I would have run them out of the white hut so fast it would take a week for their azzez to catch up!! Unbelievable morons. And they are guarding POTUS? Great!! Super!!
How about “No”?
To learn how to lock a door?
How much more if a full serve bar is installed? Do they know how pathetic this is????? The first family is rarely around. Why now after all these years???
Rather than that, why don’t they just get some of those FEMA trailers that were never used, stack them up, and now they would have a White House trailer complex?
Hard hard decision. Let's turn to look at the rest of the world - Huh, shockingly they have security at the doors. Put an agent at each door that permits entry into the White House. Make them stand. Whoopie.
When not used for training, the mansion will be used to temporarily house illegal aliens prior to being assigned to their new home states.
They should just do the job they are paid to do. It's called security, being alert AT ALL TIMES, knowing who is in your vicinity, being aware of potential security breaches and eliminating them...I could go on. With all the high-tech equipment they have at their disposal, there is no excuse for anyone getting past them.
I worked in NY State prisons for 25 years. I didn't need a replica of those prisons so I could train to adequately do my job. What is wrong with these people?
SS guys real motive is for their very own prestigous man cave palace to party and bring chicks to.
Wouldn’t it be more cost effective to house the First Family in Motel 6 temporarily and use the WH for training purposes?
It's probably a ruse and it's actually going to be a party house for the Secret Service.
I would so much rather have you doing the job. Lock the doors from the outside and don't let anybody out.
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