Security details of Joe Biden’s plans in Ireland found on a Belfast street -
A passerby discovered the five-page document which detailed where Mr. Biden was staying in Northern Ireland and cell phone numbers for police officers in the president’s security detail. The person who made the rare find then called a BBC station to report it.“We are aware of a security breach,” PSNI officials said in a statement, which was first reported by the Irish Examiner. “An investigation has commenced and we have notified the Senior Information Risk Officer.
Police officials were on high alert for Mr. Biden’s visit marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. That U.S.-backed pact forged peace between Northern Ireland’s pro-independence Catholic movement and the Protestant British loyalists who wanted to remain part of the U.K.The visit sparked a large-scale security operation involving more than 300 officers.
Over the weekend, officials in Northern Ireland reportedly foiled a terrorist bomb plot meant to derail Mr. Biden’s visit to Belfast.• Joseph Clark can be reached at
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