Secret Service wants to build fake White House so it can better protect the real thing
The Secret Service will today request $8 million from US lawmakers so that it can build a full-scale replica of the White House to be used in training exercises. The structure, which The New York Times says will recreate “the facade of the White House residence, the East and West Wings, guard booths, and the surrounding grounds and roads,” will be located in Beltsville, Maryland — where the Secret Service already has a large training facility.
But right now, the agency tasked with protecting President Obama, his family, and White House staff is stuck running agents and officers through a “rudimentary, not-to-scale simulation of the north grounds of the White House,” according to prepared remarks to be delivered by Secret Service…
Source:: The Verge
