Former Secret Service agent takes deep dive into how Taylor Swift affects Super Bowl security
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The Super Bowl is going to be blanketed with security, and Taylor Swift's likely appearance is heightening some protocols.
The Super Bowl gets a SEAR rating (Special Event Assessment Rating) of one every year. The ratings range from one through five, with one requiring the most security. An event beyond that would be considered a National Special Security Event (NSSE).
And only one Super Bowl has reached that status. It was the 2002 Super Bowl, just five months after 9/11.
This year's Super Bowl isn't reaching NSSE levels despite the star power in Las Vegas, but Homeland Security and other law enforcement do have to plan extra for Swift.
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Taylor Swift plans on being in Las Vegas to watch Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl, Fox News Digital confirmed. (David Eulitt)
Swift will likely be in attendance for the game since she is dating Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and extra measures will have to be taken, former Secret Service agent Jim Morgan said.
Morgan worked in the Secret Service 24 years before founding Concentric Advisors, a risk management firm that provides security services and intelligence solutions.
An expert in security for several NSSE's, including six of President Obama's inauguration balls in 2009, Morgan says Swift's anticipated attendance will add several wrinkles.
However, it's not simply because of her status as an A-list celebrity. Instead, her relationship with Travis Kelce is making security do extra planning.
"She, more than any other VIP, will likely move through this event space, from the suite, to the field, to the locker room. She may even want to