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| | WorldNetDaily: Subways to run directly under Bush at convention |
 | | Penn Station, attached to Madison Square Garden, is the largest commuter artery in New York City, with about 600,000 daily passengers, and closing it during the convention Aug. 28 through Sept. 2 could paralyze the city, the MTA spokesperson said. |
 | | The NYPD refused to comment on the record, but an official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that while he can't divulge the exact security plans for subways during the convention, the NYPD is taking a series of steps to upgrade security. |
 | | Those steps include patrols of subway cars by uniformed and plain-clothed officers, use of K-9 bomb sniffing units, and the deployment of NYPD Hercules teams elite, heavily armed, Special Forcestype police units at Penn Station and nearby subway stops. |
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