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60. knee jerk. read the post before responding is a good rule of thumb.

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Mon Sep 22, 2014, 08:33 PM

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Fuck this: Secret Service messes up and we pay the price? No way. [View all] cali Sep 2014 OP

. Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #1

This is how Democracy ends. With thundering applause. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #6

You *totally* missed my point apparently... Cooley Hurd Sep 2014 #13

I think it's common sense TBH. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #2

Really? atreides1 Sep 2014 #10

I just don't think it's very secure having a fence that random people can climb over CJCRANE Sep 2014 #23

That is nuts newfie11 Sep 2014 #3

Makes me wonder if they screwed up on purpose. n/t winter is coming Sep 2014 #12

Interesting question. A lot of weird breeches in security have been occuring in this administration maddiemom Sep 2014 #39

Me too fadedrose Sep 2014 #41

lock the north portico doors, problem solved steve2470 Sep 2014 #4

The reason I read was because sometimes the dog will go after the wrong individual justiceischeap Sep 2014 #20

The North doors are used constantly. former9thward Sep 2014 #38

The media is not overplaying it, the guy got INTO the White House, not just on the lawn steve2470 Sep 2014 #44

Makes me wonder fadedrose Sep 2014 #42

The guy was mentally unstable from serving his country in a war Hippo_Tron Sep 2014 #65

I agree F that Egnever Sep 2014 #5

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This message was self-deleted by its author former9thward Sep 2014 #37

Perhaps Her Brittanic Majesty could lend us some of the Queen's Guards Glorfindel Sep 2014 #7

You apparently missed the Nixon Administration brooklynite Sep 2014 #17

Eh, except for the bloke who made it all the way to the Queen's bedroom . . . Journeyman Sep 2014 #18

and Maggie Thatcher's hotel being blown up steve2470 Sep 2014 #19

No comparison...Thatcher was targeted HipChick Sep 2014 #40

The comparison is, UK security failed in both instances steve2470 Sep 2014 #43

Queen Victoria had one too! The Boy Jones Generic Other Sep 2014 #54

This is just another case of DU wanting to have it both ways. FSogol Sep 2014 #8

that's a silly claim. people have said release the dogs, cali Sep 2014 #9

Have you forgotten the woman who tried to drive her car past WH barricades? FSogol Sep 2014 #14

She was black..shot on sight.. HipChick Sep 2014 #46

All the security gurus have to do is assign people to DETER people rocktivity Sep 2014 #11

The SS is saying they don't have enough people as it is. justiceischeap Sep 2014 #22

Or maybe Aerows Sep 2014 #25

Right -- and no, it DOESN'T have to look like a World War II movie. n/t rocktivity Sep 2014 #27

the Secret Service has more than doubled in size in the past 35 years onenote Sep 2014 #31

From this WaPo article justiceischeap Sep 2014 #33

Field offices? Generic Other Sep 2014 #55

They are hiring and have been for months. n/t FSogol Sep 2014 #50

Anschluss? hfojvt Sep 2014 #15

yeah, I noticed that too. n/t cali Sep 2014 #21

Darren Wilson's looking for work. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #16

Do you *seriously* expect Aerows Sep 2014 #24

Putting up external checkpoints won't prevent someone from jumping the fence. n/t 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #26

I have the perfect answer. Baitball Blogger Sep 2014 #28

Here's the thing about that jberryhill Sep 2014 #30

hidden death ray device on roof Generic Other Sep 2014 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Generic Other Sep 2014 #63

Chip Carter used to jump the fence to sneak out and get high jberryhill Sep 2014 #29

We must agree to disagree. I don't have a problem with this. n/t ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #32

Why not just modify the fence? Callmecrazy Sep 2014 #35

good idea nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #45

One night in 1969 we peed on the WH fence. rickford66 Sep 2014 #36

Couldn't have worked out better if it were actually planned. 2banon Sep 2014 #47

ALCOA! FSogol Sep 2014 #49

wtf? 2banon Sep 2014 #51

Alcoa is the fine maker of tin foil hats since 1888 FSogol Sep 2014 #53

knee jerk. read the post before responding is a good rule of thumb. 2banon Sep 2014 #60

Actually, I was just talking to my roommate about this justiceischeap Sep 2014 #59

exactly. new policy because of this lame breach hurts us all. 2banon Sep 2014 #61

Wanna make sure your protest is seen and heard by exactly no one? Go protest outside the WH fence. FSogol Sep 2014 #62

They didn't screw up. jeff47 Sep 2014 #48

Amen. And if they shot his ass, the "they screwed up" crowd would be crying, "they screwed up." FSogol Sep 2014 #58

If we discard the hyperbole Nevernose Sep 2014 #64

TPTB are building up to something big. Big enough that the White House must be ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #52

I'd just make it a lot harder to get in > BlueJazz Sep 2014 #57

That guy did three terms in Iraq, he is pretty messed up! akbacchus_BC Sep 2014 #66