Law enforcement have absolutely lost their minds. Some guy wearing khaki fatigues and black vests which say Police on them have their faces covered in black ski masks and are touting M4-A1s with front hand grips -- like they're some kind of Delta Force operators waiting to hit the tire house. They're guarding the four corners around the Bell South building for crying out loud. And what, they need secret identities? Come on. You can just tell some of these guys have never gotten out before. Now's their big chance to play Army.
The BellSouth building contains switches (still operating, for now) which are absolutely crucial to communications in the Deep South states. If some thugs decided to torch it, the loss would take down communications that are now back up and running, but this time for months rather than days. And why isn't it reasonable for the guys guarding that building to mask their faces, given the number and viciousness of some of the young thugs still wading around down there? Hell, it would've been reasonable for cops to mask their faces before Katrina around the Desire area or just a couple of blocks from the French Quarter.
I can verify that a number of executive protection assignments have already been bid out to the private sector for work in N.O. Not sure if that's the case here, but a number of these people may have very good reason for concealing their identities.
Exactly.
National "assets" were secured immediately by the FBI.
Exactly who are you masking your face from? I agree with Barnett. It's not as if they're hiding in the woods trying to blend in. Sounds like a few cops, fed gov types, whoever, that are trying to look more important than they actually are and playing Army
Please remove your post. We should not be discussing this in public.