But Rockie!...I know it was a G8 meeting But just because it wasn't talking about 8 different G's doesn't mean it wasn't important!"
Posted on 06/27/2002 5:07:20 PM PDT by Pokey78
Oh well.....Ooooooops!
NeverGore :^)
But Rockie!...I know it was a G8 meeting But just because it wasn't talking about 8 different G's doesn't mean it wasn't important!"
The British reporter found the 134-page document, titled ``Program Events and Protocol'' and stamped ``confidential,'' in a busy picnic area outside the main security barrier leading to the resort in the Canadian Rockies where the annual G-8 summit was held.
The document contained details on seating inside British Prime Minister Tony Blair's helicopter, diagrams of meeting rooms, phone numbers for entourage officials and other sensitive information, according to Secret Service officials.
It included room diagrams that showed the locations of windows and where each leader would sit -- information security officials would need to counter the threat of sniper fire, according to the Times of London. The newspaper ran a front-page report on the document, headlined ``I Find Summit Security Papers Abandoned in Picnic Area.''
Police confirmed that a document was found, but said it did not compromise the safety of summit leaders or officials.
``The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reviewed the document in question and found it posed no security threat,'' constable Max Johann said. He had no further details on how the document was lost, and other officials did not immediately return phone calls.
Secret Service spokesman Jim Macken said the document was assembled by the G-8 for officials briefing the news media, and that one such officials had misplaced it. He was not certain which country that person was from, but said the person was not an American.
Macken said he did not believe the document contained any information about President Bush's movements or schedules. The Secret Service spoke with the reporter who found the document, and inspected it, concluding it posed no risk to Bush, he said.
This year's summit was held under the tightest security in Canada since World War II, with thousands of Canadian military forces deployed to protect an eight-mile-wide security zone.
There was only one paved road leading to the summit site. Soldiers with automatic weapons were stationed at quarter-mile intervals as Bush's motorcade arrived.
In February, the Secret Service acknowledged that an agent shopping for souvenirs left behind a document outlining security plans for Vice President Dick Cheney's appearance at the Winter Olympics.
Now that's a phrase I can get some milage out of!
LVM
February 26, 2002 -- Two Secret Service agents earned Olympic gold in doubles dimwittedness after they lost top-secret security plans for Vice President Dick Cheney.
The document - turned over to the Salt Lake Tribune by a concerned citizen - listed in detail precautions for Cheney at the Olympic Closing Ceremony on Sunday night.
The absent-minded agents left the document in a Salt Lake City store Sunday afternoon while they shopped for souvenirs.
"It had a pretty detailed description about what was going on," said Clayton Greenhalgh, who owns Traps, the store where the document was left.
The lost log described seating arrangements at Rice-Eccles Stadium for Cheney, his wife and daughter, and other dignitaries.
The document also detailed areas of the stadium where Cheney would be present, including a "meet and mingle" session in the presidential box.
The exact number of agents assigned was outlined, along with their positioning.
The Secret Service would not comment on the matter.
sarcasm off
Secret Service spokesman Jim Macken said the document was assembled by the G-8 for officials briefing the news media, and that one such officials had misplaced it
Seriously, have these people ever heard of 'ned to know?' Why would someone briefing the press need anything so specific?
Are any Islamics privy to this information?
Good point. It was a red herring.
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