Argh. Caught Me On Video.

**LitTrog** · 16th March 12, 05:16 PM

That's two videos I've seen you in! The first one was a little cooler, simply because you were talking about ninja stuff.

Though I'm definitely impressed with your level of clearance--I can barely get approved for a carnival ride.

I'm probably violating rule #5, but those protestors? I hope you...ah, never mind.

**xman** · 16th March 12, 05:49 PM

Caught on camera?! BAD NINJA!

**Dale Seago** · 16th March 12, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by xman

Caught on camera?! BAD NINJA!

Exactly. I may have to perform seppuku. . .

Originally Posted by LitTrog

That's two videos I've seen you in! The first one was a little cooler, simply because you were talking about ninja stuff.

I'm hoping you're talking about this bit from MythBusters:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9b...an-parts_sport

As far as I know, there isn't much else out there apart from brief appearances on the commercially released videos of the annual Bujinkan Daikomyosai training festivals in Japan, where Hatsumi sensei occasionally makes me get out there and show something.

I'm probably violating rule #5, but those protestors? I hope you...ah, never mind.

We needn't get into rights or wrongs of any particular causes. I wasn't worried about those guys, as I knew they were planning to start at 17:00 in front of our building and the police department was set to clamp down the security/controlled access zone a full block out in all directions at 15:00.

It was a little dicier getting things set for what we figured would be the inevitable disruptors with no arrest records who would manage to get through the screening process and make it inside. So apart from Federal and foreign agency personnel directly protecting the president, we also had plenty of uniformed PD officers inside as well, assigned to our volunteer ushers in specific interior zones to keep things civil. Since it was private property the PD couldn't just grab and arrest someone standing up and being obnoxious, so we worked out that our staffers could simply catch a cop's eye and point to the offending person(s), thereby identifying them as the ones to be summarily removed. I had set them up with a large room near the main gate as a temporary holding/processing area and had a stack of citizen's arrest complaint forms ready to use (in other words, I was technically making the arrests and the police were taking custody of the offenders).

But as it happened I didn't get to use a single one -- no one tried anything inside. Better to have a plan and not need it than need one and not have it.