Posted on 12/19/2014 7:40:57 AM PST by don-o
A new review of the Secret Service has found that the agency's problems run deeper than White House fence-jumpers. The protective service, an independent panel reported on Thursday, could use more and better-trained officers, better technology, and, most important, leadership that is not Julia Pierson.
But the fence, the one scaled by a mentally ill Iraq war veteran in September, still matters, and it can't stay as is. The panel, which was composed of four former administration officialstwo who served under Obama, two under the latest Bush"believes strongly that the fence around the White House needs to be changed as soon as possible to provide better protection." So, what should the new-and-improved fence guarding the seat of executive power look like?
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The fence should also be bigger:
For sure, the fence must be taller; even an increase of four or five feet would be materially helpful.
It should also be impossible to climb:
Horizontal bars, where climbers can easily place feet or hands, should be eliminated or placed where they provide little assistance. The top of the fence can also be manipulated in certain wayssuch as including curvature outward at the top of the fenceto make scaling it much more difficult for most.
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Now wait just a minute. The WH can have a fence but a fence wouldn’t work at the border? Explain that one.
I’m sure that’s how Emperor Barackula sees himself.
The fence is plenty high. You just have to implant pace makers in the security folks to keep them awake.
Something like this, except a little bigger, would work just fine.
You can put electric wire underground along the periphery that works like a taser. Someone told me that they had such a setup at XXXXX and they would release rabbits to test it.
Can you say Compound?
I like that, too. :-)
Make it out of solid granite.
Make it 100 ft tall.
Fill it with water to check for leaks.
not going to be much taller ,but Obama will extend it and take more land
If they have to go to that just build a Presidential palace somewhere else for O to live with a brigade of soldiers guarding it. Call it the Green Zone East.
Knowing or government the plan will be for a billion dollar underground fence and a multi-billion dollar program to fit us all with shock collars so we can’t cross it.
I say take the fence down. At least for now.
How about we surround it with sandbags and fill it up with fish emulsion?
a King needs a moat
I was thinking of those gadgets that used to be marketed to long-haul truck drivers, that clip on your ear and emit a loud beep if your head tilts forward. Some sort of implanted cattle prod does sound more up-to-date, though.
I would not willingly pay another penny to protect Dorkbama.
Now, if we had a real president, that would change.
But for Dorkbama, I’d take the fence down and let things happen as they may.
Can anyone confirm this?
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