Security Breaches at the Garden
Charles Johnson
Thu Sep 2, 2004 at 4:03 pm PDT • Views: 191
The New York Daily News has a story about security breaches at Madison Square Garden.
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.
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.
Frank says: