A document related to President Joe Biden’s trip to Ireland was found on a Belfast street, according to USA Today.
Police in Northern Ireland told the U.S. Secret Service on Wednesday about local media reports saying a document related to Biden’s trip to Belfast was found on a city street.
“The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) informed the Secret Service of media reports regarding a potentially sensitive document, which may contain law-enforcement material,” Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesperson, said in a statement.
The media reports said that the document was from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and that it detailed how officers planned to keep order in Belfast during Biden’s stay Tuesday night at the city’s Grand Central Hotel.
The document, discovered near the hotel where President Joe Biden was staying, included the names and phone numbers of police officers involved in the operation, as well as the streets where they were deployed and other information such as street closures and security measures.
A man who said he discovered the document called into a BBC radio program, according to The Belfast Telegraph.
“While we do not discuss the specifics of any protective operation, the president’s movements were not affected by these reports,” Guglielmi said.
In a statement, the Secret Service said it relies on partnerships with local officials when the president travels, and that officials appreciated the work the Police Service of Northern Ireland provided.
“The Police Service of Northern Ireland is a truly dedicated partner, and we have the utmost confidence in the PSNI’s abilities to work side by side with our agency,” the statement read.
Biden is visiting Northern Ireland to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ended 30 years of violent conflict in Northern Ireland, and to visit the places his ancestors came to America from. Biden visited County Louth where his great-grandparents James Finnegan and Catherine Roche lived in the area before Finnegan immigrated with his family to the U.S.
Biden departed Belfast as scheduled on Wednesday and traveled without incident to Dublin, where he will finish the remainder of his trip.
