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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBREAKING: The White House is on lockdown
@AndrewBeatty:
White House on lock down, secret service says unattended package left in Lafayette Park. The Park + Penn Ave closed. DC Fire is en route.
Obama is not there from other reports.
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BREAKING: The White House is on lockdown (Original Post)
Are_grits_groceries
Sep 2015
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MineralMan
(146,338 posts)1. Uh-oh. Someone's going to miss lunch or something.
Unattended packages almost always turn out to be innocuous. Still, I suppose it's good sense to check them out.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)8. I think we have our first big break in finding the culprit --
msongs
(67,462 posts)2. maybe it's a clock nt
TexasProgresive
(12,159 posts)3. Maybe it's a homemade nuclear fusion reactor
underpants
(182,949 posts)4. I'm glad YOU posted that.
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)5. I get those several times a week...
...from UPS. They ring the doorbell and run; re: unattended package.
TYY
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)7. Lol. I do too.
blogslut
(38,019 posts)6. All clear now
http://twitter.com/jparkABC/status/644233693284929536
John R Parkinson Verified account
@jparkABC
Per Secret Service Spox Brian Leary: "Package declared safe. All clear - streets are in process of reopening."
John R Parkinson Verified account
@jparkABC
Per Secret Service Spox Brian Leary: "Package declared safe. All clear - streets are in process of reopening."
sarisataka
(18,821 posts)9. So it wasn't a clock...
No teens arrested and it would have taken much longer to determine it was safe.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)10. Grits, thanks for the cat-in-the-bag. Best thing I've seen all month!