By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
It’s a complicated, logistical challenge for the Secret Service – protecting Pope Francis during his visit to the U.S.
What makes security more difficult is that the Pope loves to mingle with the crowds, ABC News reports.
To prepare for Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to several major U.S. cities in late September, Secret Service officials, including Director Joseph Clancy, traveled to Italy in June to make the preparations.
“I went out to Rome to see firsthand how their detail works, protecting the pope and what he likes to do and how he travels within the crowds,” said Clancy in an interview with ABC News’ Senior Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas at the Secret Service Rowley Training Center.
Pope Francis is visiting Washington D.C., New York and Philadelphia.
