Getting into New Orleans

Despite what you are seeing on TV, no one I've met here has been into New Orleans proper. You have to be accompanied by a US Marshall, and good luck with that.

I was busily eavesdropping in on a conversation between two New Orleans law enforcement officials today and they were complaining about a sniper that was on top of a building (as in, someone trying to shoot them), and one of them said they weren't going to send their guys back in there. So, there's another reason why things "take so long." In addition to the paperwork challenges, there are all these OTHER challenges!