If the favored NFC team of energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens makes it to the Super Bowl here, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says security around the Feb. 6 game will be ramped up off the charts. Pickens says he’s rooting for the Chicago Bears to whip the Green Bay Packers this Sunday, mainly because Bears coach Lovie Smith coached at one time in Pickens’ native Oklahoma. And of course, if Da Bears do prevail, President Obama has vowed to attend the game at Jones’ Cowboys Stadium to support his hometown 11. Pickens, who’s a founding million-dollar sponsor for Super Bowl XLV, also will attend the big game along with 100 guests (family and friends). Says Jones: “We’re a five-star event for Homeland Security, just for the Super Bowl. What are we if the president comes? Off the Richter scale.” Whaddaya bet the feds are rooting for The Pack.
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I wonder what happens to Jerry’s $200 “Party in the Parking Lot” tickets if the Bears win, Obama wants to attend, and the security zones around the Deathstar get amped up to maximum “president’s in the house” levels?
Go Packers
From my Homeland Security manager best girlfriend (who slept at Casa del Rey on Saturday night. (Good times! We should do it more often!)): First, the plan from the beginning had always been for Obama to be at the game. With the Packers coming to town, a huge sigh of relief was heard throughout the Homeland Defense and Emergency Preparedness community.
Second, from the Secret Service guy I spoke with last Thursday: he said he was doing the same procedures he did last year. Every Super Bowl gets the highest priority from security and emergency planners.
Finally, despite the egos, very little thought (or taxpayer money) has gone into assigning protection details to Pickens or the Jones clan. They pay for that themselves.