The Secret Service Has the Security Euphemism of the Day
Introducing the “pointed anti-climb feature.”
A U.S. Secret Service K-9 team works along the second, temporary fence on the north side of the White House March 18, 2015 in Washington, DC.
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The Secret Service's latest effort to improve security at the White House is undergoing a bit of a rebranding.
Our colleague Derek Wallbank reports today for Bloomberg First Word, “Work has begun on preparing White House fence for eventual installation of what the Secret Service calls a 'pointed anti-climb feature'—sharp half-inch steel spikes at the top protruding outward—to deter fence jumpers.”