By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
It was an embarrassment and failure of the Secret Service.
An Army veteran with a pocketknife scaled the White House fence and entered the executive mansion Friday.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Secret Service is reviewing ways to better protect the White House.
The suspect on Friday, Omar J. Gonzalez, sprinted across the north lawn and reached the unlocked doors of the North Portico, raising serious concerns about the level of security.
One place to start may be portions of the fence that date back to 1818, the Wall Street Journal reported.
“If the Secret Service wanted to stop fence jumpers, it could close Pennsylvania Avenue and there wouldn’t be any,” one law-enforcement official said. “But that’s not reasonable.”
The issue is a delicate balance between security and preserving public access and architectural integrity, the Wall Street Journal wrote.
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