Security force for Trump's inauguration contemplates truck attacks, dirty bombs
Source: McClatchy Washington Bureau
14 JAN 2017 AT 16:44 ET
WASHINGTON — Braced for protests by 99 groups and a new "global terrorist environment," security officials plan to protect the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump with buses, dump trucks and heavy vehicles loaded with cement to thwart anyone who might try to plow vehicles through the crowds.
"We know of no specific credible threat directed toward the inauguration, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Friday. But he said that lack of a threat "is only part of the story."
With memories fresh of vehicle attacks in France and Germany, the Secret Service will lead a security force of 28,000 to protect a crowd that could reach 900,000 on Inauguration Day, Johnson said.
Perhaps most visible will be large vehicles that will be used to seal the perimeter of the National Mall, which Johnson described as "more fortified" than usual. "That is a precaution that we are doubling down on in particular this inauguration," Johnson said.
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