Their Convention Security is as INEPT as their National Security

[Stephanie]

Here's how easy it was:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/228207p-195985c.html

Alarming Garden security breaches

BY DAVID EPSTEIN
DAILY NEWS WRITER

On the eve of President Bush's address to the nation, the Daily News has uncovered alarming breaches in security at the Republican National Convention.

The News learned yesterday that delegates and guests were freely handing out unused passes.

A News reporter investigated - and within five hours he was inside Madison Square Garden to catch Vice President Cheney's speech.

Even more shocking, the pass was obtained without anyone asking for or checking on the reporter's identity.

The breach came after three security incidents in three days. So it should have been near impossible to slip past the thousands of cops and federal agents inside and outside the Garden.

But it was all too easy. <more>

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Ooo! Good meme!

Pass that one around!

[EnfantTerrible]

2. My guess is the reporter who sneaked in wasn't of Middle Eastern descent..

however that's just a guess... don't want to give undue credit to the crack security staff

[Stephanie]

3. His picture:

[EnfantTerrible]

5. You see...

he doesn't fit the PROFILE!!!... He looks like everyone else in NYC... no way is this guy dangerous... HE"S GOT BUSH/CHENEY PINS ON!!!!! IT"S NOT OUR FAULT HE DOESN'T FIT THE PROFILE!!!! He didn't even have an accent... JEEZ!!!


:evilgrin:

[Stephanie]

8. Not pierced, not tattooed

Nice button down shirt. Doesn't fit the protester profile either.

[Stephanie]

4. Passes had no name, no picture

What a bunch of maroons!

The generic credentials don't have the user's name, and as for a photo, forget about it. In short, there was nothing to prevent anyone, from protester to hardened criminal, from getting inside the Garden - though we were checked for weapons.

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[Stephanie]

7. You couldn't be more wrong.

Smirky hates any kind of interruption. Remember when he chewed out an aide whose cell phone went off. I bet he went ballistic back stage. And it shows his people up as incompetent to even control their own arena. Bush looked like the idiot liar that he is.

[Bozita]

9. Today's "Democracy Now!" has Medea Benjamin (Code Pink) ...

... and others who made it inside MSG.

Seems that WABC-TV has video of a female demonstrator being repeatedly kicked by a male delegate. So much for Republican family values.

http://www.democracynow.org/index.shtml

[Stephanie]

10. How many times did Medea Benjamin get in?

I think she got in more than once.

The women of Code Pink have more courage than all the chickenhawks of the RNC put together.

[Bozita]

11. She was arrested three times this week in NYC

Sorry, but I don't know how many times she got in.

Here's a link to the WABC video:

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/gopcon/wabc_090204_protestshowdown.html