Just had a rather startling conversation with a friend that works in the food business on campus. He stated that he just got out of a meeting with the Gameday Event team and shared some information with me that has me taken aback, frankly, and also confirms concerns that I've had for years.
He stated that DHS is setting up a 1 mile walking-only perimeter around the stadium on game days. It's been sort of like that already, but without federal involvement. DHS is saying that their Intel has found that Bama football home games are a new #1 target for mass terror plots.
This all makes sense considering there's been a known training camp in Marion, AL, just a short 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, for at least 15+ years. The ABC news article linked below was from 2002. How this place has been allowed to exist at all, but especially for this long, makes no sense to me.
Alleged Terror Training Camp in Ala.
Add to that fact that former DHS Secretary (now Trump's Chief of Staff) confirmed as recently as 4 months ago, that investigations into suspected terror camps within all 50 states (Bama included) has ramped up.
Is there an open terror investigation in Alabama? DHS Sec. John Kelly says yes - Yellowhammer News
What does this mean for the overall gameday experience? I would imagine not much as far as inconvenience. Most fans are accustomed to walking far greater distances than the proposed 1-mile perimeter. There might be a larger presence of federal vehicles around campus, including humvees and or MRAPs. But vehicle traffic outside of authorized shuttles, school dignitaties, and vendors, etc will be shut down completely. I'd also expect to see vehicle checkpoints scattered along all main roadways surrounding the stadium within the perimeter.
Sad state of the world we live in now, folks.
He stated that DHS is setting up a 1 mile walking-only perimeter around the stadium on game days. It's been sort of like that already, but without federal involvement. DHS is saying that their Intel has found that Bama football home games are a new #1 target for mass terror plots.
This all makes sense considering there's been a known training camp in Marion, AL, just a short 40 miles from Tuscaloosa, for at least 15+ years. The ABC news article linked below was from 2002. How this place has been allowed to exist at all, but especially for this long, makes no sense to me.
Alleged Terror Training Camp in Ala.
Add to that fact that former DHS Secretary (now Trump's Chief of Staff) confirmed as recently as 4 months ago, that investigations into suspected terror camps within all 50 states (Bama included) has ramped up.
Is there an open terror investigation in Alabama? DHS Sec. John Kelly says yes - Yellowhammer News
What does this mean for the overall gameday experience? I would imagine not much as far as inconvenience. Most fans are accustomed to walking far greater distances than the proposed 1-mile perimeter. There might be a larger presence of federal vehicles around campus, including humvees and or MRAPs. But vehicle traffic outside of authorized shuttles, school dignitaties, and vendors, etc will be shut down completely. I'd also expect to see vehicle checkpoints scattered along all main roadways surrounding the stadium within the perimeter.
Sad state of the world we live in now, folks.
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