US | White House security White House Plans to Add Spikes to Fence CBS says 'anti-climb' measure expected to be approved By John Johnson Posted Apr 17, 2015 12:02 PM CDT Copied In this 2014 file photo, a member of the Secret Service on K-9 patrol walks along the perimeter fence outside the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) The White House is expected to look a smidge less welcoming in the near future—CBS News reports that the Secret Service plans to put spikes atop its fence. The "pencil point" protrusions would theoretically deter fence-climbers—like so and so—and the idea is expected to be approved by the the National Capital Planning Commission next month. The spiked fence would be temporary until longer-term improvements—still unspecified—are in place. (Of course, the spikes wouldn't keep the determined from squeezing through the fence.) Read These Next Minneapolis shooter had a plan—and grievances. The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Open that wallet big time for a trip to Disney, if you can afford it. A 'tense' clash with RFK Jr. led to CDC chief's trouble. Report an error