Silence surrounds D.C. construction-Fence hides Navy secret

[Catchawave]

Nov. 27, 2004, 12:17AM

Fence hides Navy secret
Extraordinary silence surrounds D.C. construction
By SPENCER S. HSU
Washington Post

WASHINGTON - Shortly after dawn on a recent morning, two dump trucks and a water tanker pulled up to a new, unmarked complex of buildings at East Potomac Park, the grassy peninsula near the Jefferson Memorial. The drivers exited their cabs, knocked at a gatehouse with blacked-out windows and waited for a security guard to emerge from behind a locked door.

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A few minutes later, a panel of 10-foot-high security fence slid open, and the trucks disappeared inside, leaving the joggers and cyclists along the waterfront none the wiser about their mission.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/nation/2920103

[Rose Siding]

1. here's the WP article

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1022493

[HereSince1628]

2. Just a new kiosk for renting peddle powered boats

nothing to worry about move along, move along...

[brainshrub]

3. They are probably building something for the protesters on Jan 20th.

*sigh*

I'm so depressed.

[gordianot]

4. Where is James Bond? Submarines?

Strange they should mention submarines.


I cut this out of the article.

Is it an excavation point for underwater barriers to protect the Washington Channel and Potomac River from submarines? Is it a staging area for Navy Seabees securing underwater cables between the White House and the Pentagon, across the river?

Now listen to Bush's comments at the Clinton Library.

Bush appeared distracted, and glanced repeatedly at his watch. When he stopped to gaze at the river, where secret service agents were stationed in boats, the guide said: "Usually, you might see some bass fishermen out there." Bush replied: "A submarine could take this place out."

Was the president warning of an al-Qaida submarine, sneaking undetected up the Mississippi, through the locks and dams of the Arkansas river, surfacing under the bridge to the 21st century to dispatch the Clinton library? Is that where Osama bin Laden is hiding?

Source:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1358966,00.html

[Laughing Mirror]

5. Visible and obscure, hidden in plan sight

Sue the Pentagon, not an option. No review necessary. Aware of what's going on but cannot comment. Sworn to silence. No paper trail.

Signs of the times, but why stop there?

Why not go all out and completely rearm DC. Refortify the city's 68 Civil War forts and 93 gun batteries. It shouldn't take much to reactivate them. Many of them have been turned into parks with sports facilities. Chase them out. Restore them to their original purposes. Call it Americana revival. Remnants of the old forts remain to this day in some of these beautiful parks. Rifle trenches and rifle pits are still visible. Gun openings can still be seen on old parapets. Wouldn't take much to take back these hilly spots to fight this never ending phony war on terrorism.

[Moderator]

6. Duplicate topic--Please continue discussion here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1022493