AirRaid wrote:
> http://wcbstv.com/papalvisit/pope.benedict.visit.2.697146.html
>
> NYPD, Secret Service: Unprecedented Pope Security
> Protection For Papal Visit Will Be Like U.N. General Assembly, Parade
> And Presidential Visit
> Bin Laden's Criticisms Of Pope Haven't Gone Unnoticed
>
> Lou Young
>
> NEW YORK (CBS) -- The New York City Police Department is pulling out
> all the stops to protect Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to New
> York next week. From rooftop snipers to hovering helicopters, it will
> all resemble the security operations used to protect the president.
>
> It's an operation that will involve virtually the entire NYPD. And if
> you're trying to move around Manhattan when the pope is here, it will
> affect you, too.
>
> It begins for us next Friday with the papal arrival and a speech at
> the United Nations right at the start of the business day. As a city,
> this is when we'll feel the biggest traffic impact because the pope
> will leave the U.N. and visit both the Park East Synagogue on 67th
> Street and Fifth Avenue, and St. Joseph's Church on East 87th before
> retiring to the papal residence on 72nd Street. It will be like
> several things we've seen before.
>
> "The closer you are to those locations, the more you are going to feel
> the effects of it," NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said.
>
> When asked if will be like a U.N. general assembly followed by a
> parade followed by a presidential visit, Kelly said, "yes" to
> laughter.
>
> The weekend begins with a frozen zone around St. Patrick's. You'll
> need tickets and a security check to get near the Cathedral. Your best
> chance at seeing the pope if you haven't already made arrangements is
> to go to the zone above St. Patrick's. He'll be traveling north on
> Fifth Avenue back up to 72nd Street and then to St. Joseph Seminary in
> Yonkers. The U.S. Secret Service says crowds will be able to see him
> drive by.
>
> "From the moment he lands in the United States we will be involved in
> trans****tation and the popemobile is here and will be utilized in both
> Wa****ngton D.C. and here in New York," said Brian Carr of the Secret
> Service.
>
> Security will be something like it was during Pope John Paul II's
> visit in 1995, with some im****tant differences.
>
> There will be a highly visible uniformed police presence and bomb-
> sniffing dogs on the streets. There also will be harbor units and
> scuba divers in the East River and police helicopters overhead.
>
> "Many of these measures have become part and parcel of our protection
> of New York since Sept. 11," Kelly said. "While we are not aware of
> any specific threats to the pope during his visit, we are obviously
> cognizant of the fact that Osama bin Laden in his latest videotape was
> critical of the pope."
>
> The NYPD, Sercret Service and the Vatican Swiss Guard will all be on
> security duty when Pope Benedict is in town. Sunday will be the
> highlight when he goes down to ground zero and up to Yankee Stadium
> and officials warn the best way to get around will be mass transit.
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