> By The Associated Press
>
> SEATTLE - "Circle the buses" may become a rallying cry for police and
> security personnel at the World Trade Organization meetings that begin
> in two weeks.
>
> Clifton Curry, a King County Council 5taff member, said 10 of the
> county's public transit buses will be parked around the Westin Hotel,
> where many participants will be staying, to help keep out protesters.
>
> The tactic, used in other cities, is reminiscent of Western movie
> scenes in which an attack on a wagon train is heralded by the call,
> "Circle the wagons!"
>
> Police officer Christie-Lynne Bonner said the use of buses as security
> barricades at one or more conference sites is being considered in joint
> planning with the Secret Service, FBI, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
> Firearms and other
> agencies.
>
> "We want to make sure dignitaries, bystanders and the protesters are
> safe," Bonner said.
>
> County Council member Maggi Fimia, chairwoman of the Regional Transit
> Committee, said the buses should be provided by event sponsors such as
> Federal Express Corp. and Gray Line, a tour company.
>
> "I have major objections to using Metro buses," Fimia said. "I don't
> want to put our buses in harm's way."
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> Source: The Register Guard. Nov. 17, 1999, p. 7D.