we have a friend staying with us, down from northern england, to visit the american embassy tomorrow. as a convicted drunk driver, she needs to be interviewed before being cleared to visit a relative in seattle. she tells me she has had three emails explaining the security restrictions at the embassy for visitors. she is not to bring a bag or a mobile phone. she must queue outside the embassy and there is no place to store such items prior to entry. ok a bag, maybe, but a phone? wow.
business idea number 974, a secure storage van parked up on grosvenor square, £3 an hour for a 6″x3″x2″ locker - “phone-alone”.
there’s something about US embassy security in the guardian, from last may.
