Thursday, August 12, 2004

gearing up for the RNC



from a company-wide e-mail at Cravath, Swaine & Moore - a large law firm in Manhattan (sent to me from a friend who works there):

"Our landlord has recently agreed to allow the NYPD to use some of the vacant first floor space in Worldwide Plaza to set up a command post. As a result, you may notice a heavier than usual police presence in and around our building. The NYPD also continues to use our building as a training location for their Hercules units, which are the heavily armed, anti-terrorism units created after September 11th. You may encounter these police officers, who wear body armor and carry machine guns and other specialized equipment, in front of our building. Please be assured that they are in this location for training purposes only."
i guess it makes sense they're putting anti-terrorist newbies in a building full of attorneys. if something fucks up, hey... it's just a bunch of dirty lawyers...

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