White House Security

[Epoetker]

It's nice to see that the new female Secret Service director is applying the same open borders policy to the White House that Obama applied to the Mexican border. Finally, some openness and transparency from this administration.

[Teallaura]

Meh... there are plenty of locks (including "schoolhouse locks") that can be locked from the outside, but quickly and easily opened from the inside... I can't believe they haven't thought of that.

Those doors aren't easy to retrofit onto a historic building like the White House - but more to the point, they all open outward (necessarily so - fire codes and with good reason). That's great if you're coming out - not so great if you're trying to herd the President back in before he gets hurt...

Yeah, when I was there with Promise Keepers, you could actually see the snipers on the roof... but, then again, Promise Keepers was a real threat to National Security, i guess.

Hey, you never know about those religious zealots...

[Cow Poke]

Actually, they leave the doors unlocked so they can respond quickly - you don't want to be dodging bullets and fumbling with keys if you're outside and you don't want to be trying to get out when they need you if you are inside.

Meh... there are plenty of locks (including "schoolhouse locks") that can be locked from the outside, but quickly and easily opened from the inside... I can't believe they haven't thought of that.

Of course, the idea is to have the yard visually covered at all times so no one gets the chance to get close enough to try the doors...

Yeah, when I was there with Promise Keepers, you could actually see the snipers on the roof... but, then again, Promise Keepers was a real threat to National Security, i guess.

[Teallaura]

Actually, they leave the doors unlocked so they can respond quickly - you don't want to be dodging bullets and fumbling with keys if you're outside and you don't want to be trying to get out when they need you if you are inside.


Of course, the idea is to have the yard visually covered at all times so no one gets the chance to get close enough to try the doors...

[KingsGambit]

I still can't believe they left the doors unlocked.

[Cow Poke]

I thought this was great... this showed up in my Twitter account....

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Like, he's gonna say, "well, it's OK if it only happens a couple times a year".