Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge misspoke when he said the costs of securing the Democratic convention could surpass those for the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, a spokesman said Thursday. Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse said the cost for the convention in Boston would fall below the $320 million spent protecting the 2002 Olympics. Roehrkasse couldn’t provide an estimate of what the cost for the convention would be. At a news conference Wednesday in Boston, Ridge had said the cost for securing the convention “will be as high or even higher” than the Olympic Games. Full Story
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