How Do You Protect the Pope?

How do you protect the Pope? You take everything very, very seriously.

Case in point: Even if you are a 15-year-old boy inspired by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, it doesn't matter how remote your alleged planning or fanciful the attack, chances are federal agencies will not wait around to see what actually happens. This isn't a joke — a teenager near Philadelphia was quietly arrested over exactly this, an FBI briefing noted last month.

As Pope Francis arrives on U.S. soil for a multicity series of events and pilgrimages, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies will finalize their nearly yearlong planning efforts in anticipation of public events that may exceed a million spectators....

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