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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Security for Super Bowl XXXVIII will be as extensive as at previous versions of the NFL's showpiece event since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, officials said on Thursday.
This year's Super Bowl has not been designated a national special security event but the NFL's vice-president of security Milt Ahlerich said that would not alter the level of protection.
"The only difference for this Super Bowl is that the Secret Service is not in charge," he told reporters.
"Other than that everything is the same. The security is consistent with what we have done, the cities have done, the federal government has done for us and our fans the last years.
"We have not wavered from that level of security and we're going to continue with that. The plan follows very closely what we did in the last two cities."
Following the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington, the White House declared the 2002 Super Bowl in New Orleans a national security event resulting in the most elaborate measures ever seen at a sporting event.
Most of those same security measures will be in place for Sunday's game between the New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers, including temporary flight restrictions around Reliant Stadium.
But this year the Houston Police Department has been placed in charge of co-coordinating the security plan which will include 25 local, state and government agencies.
The National Guard will not be deployed as part of those s
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