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Secret Service Plans to Raise White House Fence by 5 Feet
NBC Wahsington ^ | 4/27/2016 | Scott MacFarlane

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcwashington.com ...


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KEYWORDS: fence; nationalparkservice; obama; secretservice; ss; whitehouse
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To: haywoodwebb

“It is no longer a conspiracy, when it is happening right in your face”. That is my mantra now a days.


41 posted on 04/28/2016 8:13:02 AM PDT by crazydad
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To: Inyo-Mono

Yes isn’t that nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


42 posted on 04/28/2016 8:18:06 AM PDT by angcat (TRUMP!)
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To: crazydad
Yup...
43 posted on 04/28/2016 10:15:31 AM PDT by haywoodwebb (Telling people the truth about Jesus is all that really matters now...)
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To: Beave Meister
Put the White House under a concrete bunker (aka Fuhrer Bunker) for Obozo and his cronies. Don't let the occupant out to see the light of day for four years at a time.
44 posted on 04/28/2016 10:20:30 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 ( To err is human, to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX:)
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To: xzins

I suggest some razor wire for that ghetto and prison chic. At least until 0 leaves the white hut.


45 posted on 04/28/2016 10:27:45 AM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38; TaxPayer2000

They meant to say “Secret Service Plans to Raise deFence Standards” but decided it was easier to levitate the white house fence.


46 posted on 04/28/2016 10:35:09 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: xzins
Obama deserves nothing but the best, so make like like our southern border.


47 posted on 04/28/2016 11:02:22 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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