MN Senator Mark Dayton Closing DC office

Very strange...


Dayton closes D.C. office over security concerns
Associated Press
October 12, 2004 DAYTON1013

http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5028933.html

WASHINGTON-- Sen. Mark Dayton said Tuesday he is closing his Washington office because of a classified intelligence report which made him fear for the safety of his staff.

Dayton, D-Minn., said the office will be closed while Congress is in recess through Election Day, with his staff working out of his Minnesota office and in Senate space off Capitol Hill.

``I take this step out of extreme, but necessary, precaution to protect the lives and safety of my Senate staff and my Minnesota constituents, who might otherwise be visiting my Senate office in the next three weeks,'' he said on a call with reporters.

``I feel compelled to do so because I will not be here in Washington to share what I consider to be an unacceptably greater risk to their safety,'' he said.

Good lord, we already lost one of our Senators, I don't think we could live with the heartbreak of losing another. Dayton isn't one to overreact, so I hope the Senator and his staff stay safe.

I know the strib requires registration so I wanted to share the last (scary) paragraph

Asked what advise he would have for Minnesotans who want to travel to Washington over the next few weeks, Dayton said, ``I wouldn't advise them to come to Capitol Hill. I would not bring my two sons to the capitol between now and the election.''

by two minutes :)

Now he's said this much he'd better say a lot more. What's this about???

"Asked what advise he would have for Minnesotans who want to travel to Washington over the next few weeks, Dayton said, ``I wouldn't advise them to come to Capitol Hill. I would not bring my two sons to the capitol between now and the election.''

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Welcome to DU! :hi:

Thanks for posting the story. I'm supposed to drive through DC, but I think I'll postpone my trip for a while.

on Iraq's capital...and Iraq's elections.

what about the rest of us who can't retreat behind the might of the US capitol police? If there is a classified report that endangers your staff so much, Mr. Dayton, you have a serious responsiblity to infom everyone else who would be affected by it.

. . . fear factor comes to you whether you like it or not.

They will ratchet the terror threat to new heights to win the election.

I hope I am wrong but Bush-Cheney will not give up power under any circumstances.

But it is our moral obligation to resist.

Hello, news media?

which means they should all have it. So where is it?

According to them it's "temporarily closed"

She referred me to the Star Tribune article with no further info.

Welcome to DU. This is an alarming story. What's going on?

There might be some shit going down. Either that or DC is full of paranoid lunatics. Probably both.

about this story? What the heck is happening?

free cocaine day.

the residents will trample anyone in their way.

Not on their homepage but found this in a search

http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/breaking_news/9899910.htm

Citing safety concerns, Dayton closes Washington office

BY TOM WEBB

Washington correspondent


WASHINGTON _ Citing a top-secret threat, U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton shut his Washington office through Election Day, and Tuesday urged voters and aides to avoid Capitol Hill.

"I do so out of extreme, but necessary, precaution to protect the lives and safety of my Senate staff and my Minnesota constituents," Dayton, D-Minn., told reporters.

Dayton acted after reading a classified memo that was available to all U.S. senators, but said he couldn't discuss its contents. Nevertheless, few _ if any _ other Senate or House lawmakers followed suit, and many were startled by Dayton's actions.

The Washington offices of U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., remains open.

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"Sen. Frist made us aware of this intelligence report…I've read it, and re-read it, and read other documents related to it, all classified top-secret," Dayton told reporters. When Dayton failed to convince Senate leaders to meet jointly to discuss the threat, he acted alone, calling it a "decision I'm compelled to make."

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