Mon, Aug 25, 2008 - Page 7 News List

Democrats to meet under tight security

NERVOUS For a country that has been traumatized by political assassinations and is still scarred by the 9-11 terror attacks, conventions pose a huge security headache

AFP , DENVER, COLORADO

And the ACLU, which has posted an emergency number on its website for anyone needing legal help during the convention, is also concerned about a police holding center for those arrested during the demos, set up in a warehouse.

“The future of the next few days is unwritten. But the level to which the secret service the federal government and the city of Denver have already gone to interfere with the free speech rights of protesters is unprecedented,” Sweet said.

But Wiley denied the security measures were over the top.

“It will not look like a police state or a war zone, but there will certainly be an increased presence that is just a hallmark of the necessary security,” he said.

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