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...strict rules of the Vatican, is not nearly as glamorous as some may imagine. As the print pool reporter for the First Lady's five-day trip to Italy, responsible for sharing my reporting with my fellow journalists in the Fourth Estate, I experienced that firsthand during Mrs. Bush's visit to the Pope Thursday morning and learned the 5 Rules of the Press Pool when you're visiting the Pope...
...nunsThe press pool was in the charge of a nun, attired in blue, who could not conceive of ABC's Ann Compton taking a laptop into the palace. The reporters had been told to bring their stuff with them because they would be running to catch the motorcade as Mrs. Bush departed. "Leave it to a colleague outside," the nun said insistently. "You don't need a computer." Finally, the nun did away with diplomacy and said, "There is no way." An Associated Press reporter from Rome asked about a tape recorder. "Absolutely no recorder in the library...
...many of the details spelled out in diplomatic notes, known locally as "dip notes." The Vatican still moves at its ancient rhythm. But one legacy of Pope John Paul II's well-known attention to the news media was evident: a Vatican satellite truck was parked out back as Mrs. Bush's motorcade arrived...
...real energy came from the ex-presidents. It all started when Joseph Lowery, the former head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, once headed by Dr. King, used his few minutes at the pulpit to read a sharp-edged poem that praised Mrs. King and cut at the current president. "Coretta knew, and we knew, there were no weapons of mass destruction over there but there were weapons of misdirection right down here...
...There were touching moments, too. Former FBI Director William Sessions noted how Mrs. King had befriended him, despite the FBI's eavesdropping and harassment of Dr. King. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin was cheered when she said that Mrs. King had joined a "freedom choir" of late civil rights crusaders. Perhaps the most touching sight of all were the thousands of ordinary Americans who filled the massive sanctuary, each one there to praise Mrs. King and perhaps be a part of history...