hal2kilo
Lifer
- Feb 24, 2009
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3-4 blocks around the Whitehouse encompasses a fair amount of important stuff in DC. They did close the part of Pennsylvania Ave directly in front some years ago though.
I suspect a large part of the security is that attacking "The Whitehouse" is unlikely to accomplish much, RPG or no. Being able to hit the exact right part of the building exactly where the President is, and hit it hard enough to get to anyone inside, is probably more difficult than it sounds.
On the other hand, it's pretty easy to come up with a whole list of potentially "easy" sounding attacks on any number of targets...yet such attacks are incredibly rare. Either they're harder than we think, or there just aren't enough bad guys out there to spend that much time trying to protect everyone from everything.
The security people have become gods. Anything they come up with cannot be questioned. Screw trying to get anything productive done. It's rediculous. Cleared people, have to have vehicles that are already in the Operational Area, completely inspected before you can get on the pier. What used to take ten minutes takes 30. Have they extended the amount of refit time. Oh hell no. just do more with less, it's the American way. Oh, by the way just add money that's not there, makes it's own sauce.
