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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:25 PM Original message |
CNN: suspicious man with 2 suitcases at Capitol - UPDATE: man taken away |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too much to hope for that it's DeLay packed up to go home I 'spose. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. LOL!!! |
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inflection (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 04:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
77. was he trying to prove something? because if so he's a failure... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 05:03 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. We're still trying to figure out what happened here, if anything... |
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inflection (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #78 |
86. maybe a tourist with a gift for the pres? perhaps some muffins? nt |
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AuntiBush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 11:48 PM Response to Reply #86 |
100. Or a Pie! LOL |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
101. He wanted to talk to "the President"? |
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HardElection (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Uhhh he could have just been a tourist. :) |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Indeed -- welcome to DU, HardElection! |
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HardElection (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Thank You! |
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Pachamama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
67. Great Devious minds think alike! Same thought I had when I read the post! |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is on CNN talking about silicone implants now |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. They aren't sticking with the story -- could be nothing. nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They have moved on to Micheal Jackson now n/t |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. hmmm, Shrub has lowest poll numbers, now TERRA, TERRA |
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kliljedahl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. MIHOP? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
66. There ya go |
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barbaraann (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Oh, this might distract from the Bolton hearing. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. how do you get suitcases into the Capitol? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Puzzling -- said man was well dressed, and just standing. nt |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Who Is He Suspicious Of, Ma'am? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Mr. Magistrate, you are clever, and bright! "Suspicious man"... |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. A guy showed up actually ready to get some work done. D.C. residents |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. link: Man With Suitcases in Standoff at Capitol |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Thank you! |
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Oreo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. update from Mpls Strib |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. "In the Capitol..." |
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Pallas180 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Looks to me like he's wearing a black ski mask-just standing |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. There was no black ski mask. That was the back of his head you saw n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:46 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Apperently he is outside the West Front of the building |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. Boy when it rains it pours, looks like DeLay picked a bad day for one |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
19. CNN reporting the man has been taken away by Capitol police |
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Pallas180 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Jesus, this could have been suicide by cop. wow |
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starmaker (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
21. Tackled and drug off |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Wait for it, the bomb squad will move in |
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jmatthan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. Delay tactic |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. Deleted message |
DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. Live shot shows bags still there -- shouldn't bomb squad be moving... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Bring in the dogs! |
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4MoreYearsOfHell (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. Probably a payoff for Cheney and dimWit |
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justsomegirl (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Maybe.. |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
35. Wouldn't it be ironic |
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Selteri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
94. Alright, it wasn't that Ironic to be kinda close to the truth. |
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mittenlandgirl (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. maybe... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Could be, mittenlandgirl -- welcome to DU! |
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mittenlandgirl (73 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. thanks |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
76. Hee hee. Nice line. :-) |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:43 PM Response to Reply #36 |
85. That's soooo funny.....! |
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paineinthearse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. Are these the same police who let women in pink into the SFRC hearing? |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 05:43 PM Response to Reply #38 |
80. They know us. |
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AntiCoup2K4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
39. This whole thing reeks of a staged media incident. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:50 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Wasn't there something during one of the other hearings also? n/t |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
41. I don't fault anyone in all of this, and don't see it as too funny |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
43. 2:55 p.m. Eastern -- CNN live shot, bags still sitting there. nt |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. If only he'd had a LIBRUL bumper sticker, this NEVER would have happened. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
45. CNN reporting bags X-rayed; Senate Majority and Minority offices... |
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hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's a delivery from Jeb ... snort snort ... |
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4MoreYearsOfHell (943 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. video at (barf) foxnews.com |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
48. One bag blasted, now lying on its side...blew over the other bag. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:28 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. So... if there were explosives.. wouldn't it have exploded? |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. In slo-mo, the bag appeared to blow, but not to bits -- it lifted off... |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. an X-ray would be far more likely to tell you something about |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Normal EOD RSP |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. I just looked at his photo. he looked like a tourist. |
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HardElection (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. He looked asian to me |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 04:34 PM Response to Reply #51 |
75. Not white, at any rate. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
52. The takedown was extremely violent |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. We're a culture gone mad. Insane. Psychotic. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I couldn't agree more. |
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underthedome (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:50 PM Response to Reply #52 |
59. They may have had a tip that something was going to happen |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I had a tip that it was going to happen... |
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underthedome (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:58 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Delay can delay what's coming to him but none-the-less... |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. I caught a clip with them dragging him |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 04:18 PM Response to Reply #64 |
74. I think it was live when I saw it. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:15 PM Response to Reply #74 |
81. Did anybody talk to the man before tackling him? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:23 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. I couldn't tell if anyone was trying to talk to him. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:34 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I have a bad feeling about this incident. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
87. The rough take down was because they may have |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 09:51 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. I thought about this justification too. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
55. HAZMAT agent opens second bag, and goes through contents -- |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
58. pic here |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
65. pic of a red 'x' |
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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
62. video here |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Thanks, sabra! |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
68. There Is An MSM Disconnect On This Story... |
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paineinthearse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. MSM certainly is disconnected |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Actually.. CNN is now ignoring the story on their website. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #68 |
88. I was watching MSNBC |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
71. So basically.. the story has died in the MSM. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. See post #68 -- I'm not sure what the story is at this point ... |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
79. CNN now reporting man is from China, wanted to talk to "the President" nt |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:45 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. He probably just wanted to sell George some Amway |
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Zerex71 (692 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
84. Perhaps it was a Halliburton lobbyist with suitcases of money? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 09:52 PM Response to Reply #84 |
93. Only two suitcases. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-05 12:56 AM Response to Reply #93 |
102. correction |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
89. Our local news said the man threatened to blow himself up |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 09:19 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. Very puzzling, contradictory reports -- makes you wonder... |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
91. CBS stated tonight that the poor man was an Asian with little to |
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underthedome (267 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:32 PM Response to Reply #91 |
95. What should have they done? |
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laundry_queen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:53 PM Response to Reply #95 |
98. Find a translator? n/t |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 11:08 PM Response to Reply #95 |
99. Um...not drag his face on the ground? |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-05 10:06 AM Response to Reply #95 |
105. I don't know... are all tourists subject to police attack there now? n/t |
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Chico Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #95 |
106. What did he do wrong? |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #91 |
103. Reid was saying that the police did an excellent job even before any |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-11-05 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
96. SAD SPECULATION in GD: was the man non-English-speaking asylum-seeker? |
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dArKeR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-12-05 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
104. I don't believe he had no ID or that he wanted to speak to aWol. Made |
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