SECRET SERVICE ERECTS NEW WHITE HOUSE FENCE AFTER BREACH (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Wednesday, September 24, 2014, 12:40

Anti-war activists angered by US air strikes in Syria blocked a gate by the new fence on Tuesday

The Secret Service has erected a second fence between the White House and a thoroughfare popular with tourists, local residents and workers, days after a man scaled the main fence and entered the mansion through an unlocked door.

The Secret Service said the new fence created a "temporary buffer zone" while it reviewed its procedures.

The new barrier is a series of linked sections about a metre (3.2ft) high.

Omar Gonzalez, 42, is being held in connection with the Friday intrusion.

Authorities say he was carrying a 9cm (3.5in) knife and faces charges of unlawfully entering a restricted building carrying a "deadly or dangerous weapon".

Mr Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran, was previously stopped by Virginia police in July. Officers found two powerful rifles, four handguns and other firearms and ammunition in Mr Gonzalez's vehicle along with a map marking the White House.

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