The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is beefing up Super Bowl security over a possible trucker convoy protest against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other restrictions, according to Biden administration officials. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a Feb. 11 briefing that DHS had already deployed 500 employees to provide air and maritime security support for the Super Bowl, set to take place in Inglewood, California on Feb. 13. Psaki added that DHS is “surging additional staff” to its Super Bowl incident command post and is working closely with local law enforcement. “We’re working to address this on all fronts,” Psaki said, noting reports of a trucker protest potentially “causing disruption” at the Super Bowl and reports of a “Freedom Convoy” that could target Washington D.C. in March. Recent media reports cited an internal DHS memo indicating that U.S.-based truckers could stage protests in parts of the country similar …