Saturday, December 20, 2014

Christian Science Monitor / Yahoo News: New report rips Secret Service. 'Starved for leadership'? - "First among its recommendations: a much taller fence for the White House." [Apparently with the silent modifier: 'But keep US borders wide open to terrorists, gangbangers, the insane, robbers, rapists, DUI killers, murderers, miscellaneous thugs and con men, and anyone in the Third World interested in sniffing out lavish social programs and job openings for US citizens.']


New report rips Secret Service. 'Starved for leadership'?



An independent panel's report adds up to a serious indictment of a once-proud agency. First among its recommendations: a much taller fence for the White House.
The White House needs a much taller fence to protect the president and first family. That’s the headline recommendation from an independent panel convened to assess the Secret Service in the wake of a series of embarrassing agency failures this fall.
The barrier needs to be extended at least four to five feet upward, according to the panel. Horizontal bars that allow easy hand- and foot-holds should be kept to a minimum. It’s possible that the top of the fence should be curved outwards to further deter fence-jumpers. ...