It has been revealed that the White House published a manual in 2002 detailing how to deter protests at President Bush’s public appearances. The manual urged rally organizers to take a number of the following steps: Tightly control who gets tickets to the event; screen everyone entering to search for secret political signs; station so-called “rally squads” at strategic locations inside the event to shout down any anti-Bush demonstrators who manages to get inside; and if that does not work, remove protesters from the event. The manual also directs the White House advance staff to ask local police to designate a so-called protest area where demonstrators can be placed, preferably not in the view of the event site or motorcade route. The manual was released under subpoena as part of a lawsuit filed on behalf of Jeffery and Nicole Rank, who were arrested in 2004 for refusing to cover their anti-Bush T-shirts at a Fourth of July speech at the West Virginia State Capitol. Last week the federal government settled the First Amendment case for $80,000, but with no admission of wrongdoing.