U.S. Capitol Bomb Threat

[Kmack]

Developing story ( 1pm EST):

Two men apparently have said that they have a bomb in a car near the US Capitol building.

ill try and keep posting as it develops, turn on CNN for coverage.

edit:

bomb squad is moving in to "disrupt" the package.

10:50 am 2 men in rental car (chevy impala) told capitol police that they had a bomb

 

[CptStern]

"A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said police were dismissing the idea that there was any explosive device.

"I understand from the police that their claim that they have a bomb is not credible," said Frist spokesman Bob Stevenson."


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051021/ap_on_go_ot/capitol_car

 

[Kmack]

the police JUST did the "disruption"

car alarm went off, and nothing else.

i think the biggest threat would be chemical or biological (especially the latter)

 

[No Limit]

Anyone notice how the lower the approval ratings for the GOP go the more threats of this nature we get? Maybe I'm just a little to skeptical. :rolling:

 

[Pi Mu Rho]

Maybe I'm just a little to skeptical. :rolling:

As if anyone could possibly think that...

 

[Shakermaker]

Package Detonated in Car After Two Men Make Threats Outside Capitol

Friday, October 21, 2005

WASHINGTON — Hazardous materials teams "disrupted" a package in a car parked close to the U.S. Capitol Friday after two white men were taken into questioning when they claimed to have a suspicious device in their car.

The detonation forced open the back driver's side door of the 2005 gray Chevy Impala and smoked floated out in what has been described as a complicated and dangerous procedure but appeared to be a very contained explosion.

Before the explosion, Sgt. Jessica Gissubel, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol Police (search), warned reporters that they would hear a loud noise.

Gissubel added that police were interviewing the two men together.

"The occupants of that vehicle made comments to our officers which arose suspicion. Our officers are now interviewing those individuals," Gissubel said. "The individuals did make statements alluding to the fact that they did have a suspicious package in their vehicle."

Gissubel said a package had been spotted inside the car and a hazardous materials and hazardous response team were called to the site. Along with the U.S. Capitol Police, the U.S. Park Police (search), D.C. Fire and Rescue Services and the Metropolitan Police Department also responded to the call.

"We don't know if it's an explosive device," said Brian Doyle, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security (search), which sent out hazardous materials teams.

Police cordoned off several streets near where the car was parked on the corner of First Street and Constitution Ave., N.W., close to the Senate side of the Capitol. After the disruption, police were planning on bringing dogs to sniff out whether explosives were actually in the car.

The Capitol had not been evacuated nearly two hours after the incident was first reported. Tourists still milled around and in the U.S. Capitol building. The Senate remained in session for debate on a spending bill until it adjourned for the weekend shortly before 1:00 p.m. EDT. The detonation occurred at 1:10 p.m. EDT.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Doesn't seem very serious ....

 

[Kmack]

Doesn't seem very serious ....

in retrospect of course not.

but the detonation happened a while after i posted.

i think that doing something like that would make a great distraction to pull off an attack elsewhere

 

[staticprimer]

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[TheGrimSweeper]

omgz, security levels gonna be raised to pink

 

[Javert]

bad bluff.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Anyone notice how the lower the approval ratings for the GOP go the more threats of this nature we get? Maybe I'm just a little to skeptical. :rolling:

The police even said they didn't believe the two crazy guys. No conspiracy

 

[Kmack]

The police even said they didn't believe the two crazy guys. No conspiracy

hardly grounds to rule out a conspiracy. in fact, having completely inoccoius threats like that are probably better in the long run.

that being said, its obviously not a conspiracy and you defending that is pretty hilarious

 

[dream431ca]

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Now that's News.

 

[bliink]

omgz, security levels gonna be raised to pink

Terror alert to magenta! or even vermillion!

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Terror alert to magenta! or even vermillion!

Oh no. Thank goodneth the terrorith didn't get anything on my purth.

 

[CptStern]

get used to it rakurai, this will become more and more common place

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

get used to it rakurai, this will become more and more common place

*Hidth hith purth*

 

[CptStern]

let me guess ...you went to the dentist today and he accidentily crushed your fingers with a mallet?

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

let me guess ...you went to the dentist today and he accidentily crushed your fingers with a mallet?

lmao What?

I'm supposed to be sounding queer.


Don't ever quote that.

 

[CptStern]

that's queer?

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

that's queer?

Read it out loud and it's funnier.

Thank goodneth you didn't get any on your purth!

 

[CptStern]

Read it out loud and it's funnier.

Thank goodneth you didn't get any on your purth!

ok ...maybe it's just me but I didnt link the colours with a homosexual "lisp"(?) ..so I thought you were ...I dont know what you were doing