Gefährdungsstufe 2 – that’s the security level the Berlin police have defined for Barack Obama’s visit to their city.
I’ll be there, and the speech will be televised on 4 stations, but don’t count on seeing me there. They have already made arrangements to limit access close to the stage.
Check out this great article in the Berliner Morgenpost on the preparations. They estimate it will cost 250,000 Euro to host this event, paid for by the city.
“paid for by the city”
… which is broke