US launches massive anti-terror operation for Donald’s Trump inauguration ‘amid fears of a drone gas attack’
AN ANTI-TERROR operation will be implemented for Donald Trump's inauguration amid fears of a drone gas attack, it has been reported.
More than 16,000 police and army troops are expected to be at the ceremony on Friday.
A specialist task force has been put in place by the FBI to combat the threat of gas and chemical attacks by drones or unmanned aerial vehicles, .
Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy has said his agents have been working with the FBI and Homeland Security on a number of scenarios that they "do not want to be seeing on January 20".
A simulation where a rogue drone flew over a mocked-up presidential motorcade and sprayed a green substance at the lead vehicle is one situation which agents are preparing for.
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It has been reported that 20 protest groups have been issued permits to assemble and march during the ceremony.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said:“I can’t think of an inauguration that presented more security challenges than this one."
Presidents have been inaugurated on January 20 since Franklin D. Roosevelt took the oath of office in 1937, moving up from the previous day of March 4.
The swearing-in is just one of the day’s activities.
Traditionally, presidents have started the day with a morning worship service.
Then the president and president-elect traditionally travel together to the inauguration.
The Vice President – in this case Indiana Governor Mike Pence – will be sworn in first. Then it will be Trump’s turn.
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