White House press room evacuated during briefing

[Roland99]

Source: AFP via Yahoo

The White House press room was evacuated and a Secret Service sniffer dog deployed Tuesday as reporters were gathered for a scheduled briefing.

Journalists, including an AFP reporter, were escorted out as a security sweep was performed.

Outside the executive mansion, the north lawn area was also evacuated as staff and journalists were moved to a neighboring building.

No reason was immediately given for the evacuation.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-press-room-evacuated-during-briefing-182234568.html

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fyi, local faux news FB page has comments already "evacuate everyone else and leave the president in there"

[marym625]

1. jesus christ!

Even with dubya I would never have said anything close to what these cretins do about President Obama.

Disgusting

[dgibby]

2. And the W.H. Press Corps is NOT happy!

They're back and giving Josh a royal grilling. Seems that the only people evacuated were the Press Corps. Josh went back to his office, only feet away from the briefing room, and while the members of the Press were out of the room, someone covered the cameras with newspaper. The room was swept for explosives.

Looks like the Press is smelling a rat. They want to know why the cameras were covered, why the rest of the complex wasn't evacuated, etc. MSNBC is reporting on it now.

[Roland99]

5. Ok....who had the White Castles w/extra onion and washed it down w/beer?

of course it had to be evacuated!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. Hey, it wasn't me! I'm blaming Bo

[jtuck004]

10. Found this on Google Quote....

"Sure. Blame it on the dog".
-Bo-

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. If it's on the internets, it must be true

They gotta work on that dog's diet.

[jtuck004]

12. Some say "I'm not fat, I'm just fluffy." In his case that might be true.

[winstars]

9. Cameras were covered so the tactics used in a bomb threat aren't filmed? Seems smart to me.

And I for one am the type to call BS when so many things cannot be filmed these days due to the "post 9/11" hyper scary BS!!!

But in this case, as I currently understand it, seems like a good idea that we don't know how they sweep the White House for a fucking bomb scare...

[MynameisBlarney]

13. This.

Makes good sense to me.

[dgibby]

14. Well, I'd agree with you except that

they covered the cameras AFTER they'd showed the police dogs sweeping the room. Talk about closing the barn door after the horse has gotten out! I used to have to help with these sweeps when I was in the Navy. It's exactly like they show it on these tv crime dramas. Nothing secret about it.

[TwilightGardener]

3. Weird.

[dgibby]

4. Very! n/t

[Turbineguy]

7. The GOP needs to talk to these guys

"If you get caught, we lose a vote!"

[d_legendary1]

8. Sounds like a "LOOK! SQUIRREL!" story

Except in this case the squirrel was carrying explosives.