Secret Service wants $8 mn White House replica for training

The US Secret Service has requested $8 million to build a replica of the White House to be used in training agents to prevent incidents like last year's mansion intrusion, the agency's director said Tuesday. At the current facility, for example, bike barricades are stand-ins for White House fencing, Clancy said. The Secret Service has been under intense scrutiny in recent years for a series of security lapses and breaches in behavioral protocol including agents drinking and consorting