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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: TomSea on June 19, 2019, 08:43:31 pm
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US News
White House on Lockdown: Secret Service Clear Suspicious Package Left on Pennsylvania Ave
By Venus Upadhayaya, Epoch Times
June 19, 2019
The Secret Service took a man into custody who dropped a backpack and attempted to jump a bike rack along the sidewalk on Pennsylvania Ave at 2:45 p.m. on June 19.
Law enforcement cordoned off the area and pedestrian traffic was closed along Pennsylvania Ave. between 15th and 17th streets, including Lafayette Park.
The bike rack area lay about 15 feet away from the actual White House fence.
Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/white-house-on-lockdown-secret-service-clear-suspicious-package-left-on-pennsylvania-ave_2970382.html?utm_source=pushengage&utm_medium=pushnotification&utm_campaign=pushengage (https://www.theepochtimes.com/white-house-on-lockdown-secret-service-clear-suspicious-package-left-on-pennsylvania-ave_2970382.html?utm_source=pushengage&utm_medium=pushnotification&utm_campaign=pushengage)
Someone jumped a fence about 2 days ago, this seems to be a different incident.
This is probably a nothing but it looks like if terrorists actually attacked, we have some measures in place:
From article:
Mark Noller, CBS correspondent:
https://twitter.com/markknoller (https://twitter.com/markknoller)
Heavily armed Secret Service seen taking positions behind trees on the North Lawn of the WH. Press then cleared from the area.
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