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GOP convention security perimeter drawn

May 5, 2004  |  NEW YORK (AP) -- Midtown Manhattan around the site of the Republican National Convention could be locked down for blocks, with major avenues closed and nearby residents and workers required to show identification, officials said Tuesday as they outlined tentative security plans for the four-day event.

Such plans could thwart at least one major demonstration at which anti-war protesters plan to march past convention headquarters at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 29, the day before the convention begins.

Mike Miller, the director of convention operations, told reporters at a briefing Tuesday that the Secret Service and city police would sweep the area and lock it down the Friday or Saturday before the gathering.

Nearly 20 groups have contacted the police department about permits that would allow them to march and rally outside Madison Square Garden and at other sites around the city.

http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/05/05/convention/index.html

The NYC Lockout for the GOP's 9/11 Dance begins.