Denver's Super-Secret Convention Security Plan

(Denver, Colorado) Crowd control at the Democrat National Convention?

"No problem," says the Denver City Council, apparently. "We can do it with our hands tied behind our backs while bending over for the ACLU," members say or so it would seem.

Denver officials expect to spend more than $18 million on police equipment for the Democratic National Convention -- but the purchases apparently won't include high-tech weapons that use sonic waves to incapacitate protesters or goo guns to immobilize them.

That information, provided by the city to the American Civil Liberties Union as part of an agreement to delay a public records lawsuit, marks one of the most detailed looks yet at the super-secret efforts to provide security for the convention, scheduled Aug. 25 to 28.

So, since the details of the super-secret security plan are being published a month before the convention, protest groups now know that they don't have to buy earplugs and anti-goo shields.

By the way, goo guns shoot out a substance that looks (link is video) like snot and the idea of seeing television images of snot-covered protesters would arguably be quite entertaining. Sadly, though, it's not to be. The City Council has put the kibosh on the goo gun.

Also: The Jawa Report

Tip: Charley Nestor