(L.-r.) Northern Ireland Justice Minister David Ford, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Matt Baggott and Assistant Chief Constable Alistair Finlay, co-host a news conference at Hillsborough Castle, in Northern Ireland May 9. The news conference was about the policing and security operation for next month's G8 Summit, which will take pale in County Fermanagh. (Cathal McNaughton/Reuters)
5:17 pm ET -Amid a perceived triple threat of left-wing protestors, Islamist terrorists, and dissident republican paramilitaries, Northern Ireland is doubling its police force and preparing drones for the summit.
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