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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 05:07 PM Feb 2014

Man tries to jump fence at White House, sparking lockdown

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A man with two suspicious bags attempted to climb a White House fence on Friday before being apprehended, leading to a security lockdown of the White House grounds.

A Secret Service spokesman said the man was taken into custody and his bags were being screened.

"He did not make it over the fence," a U.S. Secret Service spokesman said.

The area around the White House was shut down and reporters were not allowed to leave through one of the gates because of the incident.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-usa-whitehouse-lockdown-idUSBREA161TS20140207

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Man tries to jump fence at White House, sparking lockdown (Original Post) jakeXT Feb 2014 OP
"reporters were not allowed to leave" Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2014 #1
From what I gathered they were only not allowed to leave through one gate. JoeyT Feb 2014 #9
LOL...DU-zee award winner here. titaniumsalute Feb 2014 #13
I would accuse him of being a Teabagger, but the man "jumped" the fence. Yavin4 Feb 2014 #2
Nono...read it again durablend Feb 2014 #4
Okay, thanks for the mental image ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #5
And we have our thread winner. Brigid Feb 2014 #6
Root Boy Slim? n/t thatgemguy Feb 2014 #3
Brilliant Plan! Just jump the WH fence! Why didn't anyone think of it sooner? Merlot Feb 2014 #7
Or deliver a candygram... csziggy Feb 2014 #8
Candy Gram or Land Shark! Merlot Feb 2014 #10
Wonder what made the bags suspicious? mokawanis Feb 2014 #11
I'm guessing he wasn't hoping to spend a night or two in the Lincoln bedroom.....nt MADem Feb 2014 #12
 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
1. "reporters were not allowed to leave"
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 05:21 PM
Feb 2014

Great, now all of them will be asked what it was like to be forced to stay.

You can BET some will expect sympathy over their ordeal.

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
9. From what I gathered they were only not allowed to leave through one gate.
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 10:42 PM
Feb 2014

So their attempts to evoke sympathy should provide some amusement. "It was horrible. We had to leave by the East gate and we were parked WAY OVER THERE!" spoken as the camera tracks a single tear coursing down their face.

300 extra meters to the car! My coffee was getting cold and Bill had to shit! Never forget!

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)
2. I would accuse him of being a Teabagger, but the man "jumped" the fence.
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 05:22 PM
Feb 2014

And that would require a modicum of physical exertion.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
5. Okay, thanks for the mental image ...
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 08:00 PM
Feb 2014

over-weight, white guy in camos, sprawled out at the base of the fence, in a pool of sweat, butt crack and belly out, as he whimpers, clearly out of breath ... "It was easy on Call of Duty!"

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
7. Brilliant Plan! Just jump the WH fence! Why didn't anyone think of it sooner?
Fri Feb 7, 2014, 10:07 PM
Feb 2014

Maybe next time they can try dressing up as a singing telegram. That should get them through the front gate security.

mokawanis

(4,441 posts)
11. Wonder what made the bags suspicious?
Sat Feb 8, 2014, 01:00 AM
Feb 2014

Other than the fact he had them with him when he failed to scale the fence.

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