CNN - Senate Russell Office Building - Evacuated

[DoYouEverWonder]

Possible nerve agent.

Two positive readings. People going to parking garage.

CNN

[AndrewJacksonFaction]

1. Per CNN

[havocmom]

2. News source? What station ya watfching it on?

[OzarkDem]

3. Ginning up terra to invade Iran?

Sounds similar to the anthrax attacks.

[Doctor_J]

72. Heh -

"It was phoned in by an Iranian-sounding person".

[CottonBear]

Terra, terra, terra! BOO! Run senators, run!

This gets so very old. I wonder if Cheney or Rove ordered this terra event?

[twaddler01]

73. Terra terra terra alert! Better run! no place to hide!!

Probably ordered by the bushies....It is indeed VERY old now....

[gratuitous]

4. I hope everyone's okay, or that it's a false alarm

But odd, isn't it, that Superduperpresident Bush couldn't have protected a building right in Washington DC from this? Or did the terrorists suddenly remember that their calls might be monitored, and plot this through smoke signals?

[Straight Shooter]

41. Bingo!

I guess they're trying to poison us over here because they can't poison us over there.

[Bandit]

94. It is so they can raid Democrats computers once again

Remember we are getting on to elections and they once again a few months before elections close off Democrats from their computers.

[wryter2000]

5. Terra! Terra!

Boosh is in trouble. Terra!

[Atman]

6. Is Russell OB a Republican Building?

Bush must be looking for dirt on the GOP traitors who are questioning him.

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. It's a great opportunity

to destroy evidence.

[havocmom]

26. Kennedy & Clinton among those with offices there

Something about Hagel too...

Hmmm, critical of the junta? Got gas?

[karynnj]

69. Kerry too - his office is near Kennedy's

[zann725]

87. This sounds troublesome. While building evacuated, their offices

could be "tapped"...or computers scanned?

Not Santorum's office though? Or Lieberman? Oh.

[tuckessee]

96. Very good point.

Any quarantined building will be crawling with "Feds" w/o any outside supervision whatsoever.

They could plant, take or tap anything they want.

[leftofthedial]

7. more Rovian armtwisting

Murka has not had a turrist tack since nine eleven, er, the anthrax, er, ten minutes ago.

[stepnw1f]

8. Terra terra terra...

[Botany]

10. Oh please ......

Why does my bullshit alarm go off?

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Right on cue

these terrorists are so cooperative.

[Botany]

21. I want to go to D.C. and kick his ass.

After 4 years and 200 billion + dollars and "they" can get into the Russell office building?

That building is highly secure ..... pass & I.D.s for everybody to get in or out. Where did the nerve
agent come from?

Somebody wants to get a look see into some offices. Filthy nazi pigs.

Terror Terror Terror.

[LongTomH]

64. My bullshit alarm overloaded!

I don't think they make a bullshit alarm that stands up to the bullshit coming out of this regime! :grr:

[DRoseDARs]

11. Must be the Anthrax Mailer's roommate; hope everyone's alright. n/t

[Moochy]

12. about the Russell Senate Office Building

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Senate_Office_Building

[CountAllVotes]

14. thanks!

EVERYONE SHOULD READ this link!!! Yikes!!!! Look who is there! :nuke:

:dem: :kick:

[cal04]

15. first test pos, second negative

taking a third
sounds like a puke thing to me

[FormerRepublican]

16. The responses to this thread are totally out of line.

If this were an actual attack, it would be a horrible thing. I don't appreciate the tone of the responses. Even if Bush WERE behind it, I would still hate it because it could potentially kill people. My hope is it's a false alarm.

[DoYouEverWonder]

20. Sorry if some of us have become

too jaded for your tastes.

[htuttle]

22. If it were an actual attack, wouldn't it happen during business hours?

You know -- when everyone is there in the building?

[FormerRepublican]

43. They were all still there - now huddling in a parking garage.

I guess it is still Senate business hours.

But no one has any symptoms, so it's probably a false alarm. Might be a stupid Rove trick. But I think we should wait to jump all over it until we know for sure.

Maybe I'm too sensitive. I guess I remember how I felt on 9/11. Even if I knew before 9/11 that Bush and Rove were directly responsible for the attack, I still would have felt the same way about the people who died in the attacks.

Same thing here. If anyone (Bush/Rove included) killed our Senators, whether Republican or Democrat, and their staff, I would feel totally revolted. And I would feel terrible about people laughing about Rove when people were injured or killed.

OK, I'm too sensitive. That's just the way it is.

[Tsiyu]

55. the funny thing is, you don't help the victims by

hiding your head in the sand.

You can have empathy and still be awake and aware.

[FormerRepublican]

59. Why would 30 minutes taken to find out what's going on prevent that?

[Rose Siding]

25. I don't see a single response that's out of line

A couple of "hope everyone's ok" and some skepticism. Perhaps you've misread the tone. :shrug:

[FormerRepublican]

46. I'm just too sensitive, I guess. Having people hurt freaks me.

But it looks like a false alarm, so no biggie.

[bigworld]

50. Sensitive?

It's refreshing. It's nice to hear a moderating voice!

[EFerrari]

57. A moderating voice.

Because after six years in the outhouse . . .

Never mind..

:)

[rman]

80. formerrepub doesn't moderate here

the moderators do, and formerrepub isn't one of them.

[oneighty]

30. If there are no dead people already

it is not a nerve agent.

It is proper to question the timing and hype.

Not that I do mind you. With this crowd in Washington anything seems possible.

180

[FormerRepublican]

45. Agreed. I think it's a false alarm.

OK, I'm too sensitive. I have PTSD, and 9/11 really got to me. In this scenario, my instinct is to wait until I know what's going on before I start ragging on Bush and his pals. Seeing people hurt really upsets me.

[oneighty]

49. True

I do not wish harm on anybody. We got gods to pray to and gods do the nasty work.

You were where? PTSD.

180

[Kool Kitty]

61. With this bunch in Washington, EVERYTHING seems

possible. I think it is to keep everyone off balance and to justify them saying-"See? See? This is why we need those secret wiretaps." And a war with Iran. And anything else they deem necessary to keep everyone frightened and quiet.

But that's just my opinion and I don't trust them as far as I could throw them. Tomorrow I wouldn't be surprised to see another terrorist video or audio tape.

But it could all be a coincedence.

[radfringe]

76. key word -- IF

there's been too many terra-lerts in the past that have been false

if we sound "jaded" it's because we've become immune to the cries of "Wolf Wolf Wolf"

terra-lerts have been sounded when bush*'s numbers are taking a dive or a diversion is needed and the bushies need to ramp up the fear factor

currently bush* DISAPPROVAL average is at 53%, his SOTU flopped, Iraq is still in a mess, his budget is pretty much DOA, he has the Abramoff scandals hanging over his head, Plame Leak investigation is still going on, NSA spying hearings are not going his way plus there is a mid-term (s)election coming up

that there is a terra-lert doesn't surprise me, we'll have several more before november. He's going to need us all hiding under our beds wrapped in plastic and duck tape if he's going to garner any support for invading Iran.

It may be the Year of the Dog according to the Chinese calendar - but for us this is the year of the Booga-Booga.

Don't be surprised if we do have a real terrattack on US soil and it gets blamed on Iran

[sasha031]

17. must be time for Iran

:nuke:

[acmavm]

18. Geez, just when Abramoff's e-mails come out on how well he knows

Smirk, and when the rebuttals to the repuke claims of horror to the dems at Coretta Scott King's funeral are being published, and when the new head of the republican senate has been caught renting from a lobbyist who's favored from some of his legislation (Boehner), and on and on and on.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

19. Was it Iranian nerve gas??? One would think at this juncture... nt.

[choicevoice]

23. Funny they actually said they didn't log off of their computers....

Sounds like info seekers have a clear field. My sig other who worked 2 years on Johnston Atoll Chemical Ammunition disposal site finds quite a few queer things about this. One is that it can't be a "biological" nerve agent. Its either a biological agent or a chemical nerve agent.

[Maddy McCall]

31. Link

http://www.ists.dartmouth.edu/er3c/detoxification-catalysts.php

There are biological nerve agents.

[elehhhhna]

24. Gotta get in & remove the bugs,.

[havocmom]

27. And copy the hard drives

Or PLANT evidence

[NJ Democrats]

28. The names I heard of

those in there are
Hagel
Thune
Dodd
Gregg
Sessions
burr
Enzi
Smith

7 R's 1 D

[Moochy]

29. Advise and Consent (1962) filmed there :)

The Russell Building also became familiar to moviegoers as the setting for such classic Hollywood films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) and Advise and Consent (1962).


http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/visiting/d_three_sections_with_teasers/russel_senate_office_map_page.htm

[lovuian]

32. Don'tcha love the timing the subliminal message here to the

public is EvilDoers are out there and THATS why we need to tap your phone ...

This is the rollercoater Bush has put us on!!!

[NoodleyAppendage]

33. Who wants to lay odds that a "stray" plane will buzz DC in the next mo.?

I'd say the odds are 1:4 that another FAUX terror bullshit alert will occur as the Repukes continue to fight off the FASCIST WIRETAPPING SCANDAL.

JB

[redirish28]

34. Breaking News-CNN TV Russell Office Building Evacuated

According to CNN TV Field test is being done after an Alarm went office in the building. First test revealed a positive reading of a " Nerve agent. Second test was Neg and a 3rd is underway.


200 staffers and 8 senators were in the building and show "no signs of any effect".

MSNBC now reporting.



Seems to me if I remember history This isn't the first time that office building has had trouble.

[Straight Shooter]

35. Weapons of Mass Distraction planted in the Senate.

Hoo-boy. Can they be any more transparent.

[IndyOp]

36. So I wonder who is still in the building and what they might be doing...

No particular thoughts in mind, just wondering...

:shrug:

[mike_c]

37. most congress critters take hours or months to display symptoms...

...of anything that affects their spines/brains.

[Greeby]

TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA!

TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA! TERRA!

Phew, sorry, got a little carried away there ;)

[Kierkegaard]

39. It's about time!

I mean, how close were they going to allow the hounds to get before pulling an 'alert' out of their collective colon terminus?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

42. I wonder if someone was playing in their garden today and

stepped in some (stuff).

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/sarin/basics/facts.asp
What sarin is

* Sarin is a human-made chemical warfare agent classified as a nerve agent. Nerve agents are the most toxic and rapidly acting of the known chemical warfare agents. They are similar to certain kinds of pesticides (insect killers) called organophosphates in terms of how they work and what kind of harmful effects they cause. However, nerve agents are much more potent than organophosphate pesticides.
* Sarin originally was developed in 1938 in Germany as a pesticide.
* Sarin is a clear, colorless, and tasteless liquid that has no odor in its pure form. However, sarin can evaporate into a vapor (gas) and spread into the environment.
* Sarin is also known as GB.

[MakeItSo]

63. "That'll teach you guys to question the president's good will!"

"By the way you better get a move on with that Patriot Act extension while you're at it."

[Roon]

38. U.S. Senate office building cleared; possible ‘nerve agent’ detected

U.S. Senate office building cleared; possible ‘nerve agent’ detected
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11243066/

[DRoseDARs]

40. Edit: Uh, guess the mods merged your thread into the original. nt

[hang a left]

44. What senators have offices in the Russell Building?

Judiciary Committee, Intelligence Committee???

[flamingyouth]

47. Second test came back negative

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/08/nerve.agent/index.html

[Demeter]

48. Rove Just Farted. Everybody Back to Work!

My God, some people will publicize the least little thing....

[BlueInPhilly]

51. Actually - it was Cheney who farted

My first thought, actually, when I saw the breaking news.

Isn't it sad that we have become more and more jaded with each false alarm?

[AnnieBW]

52. On "24"

See, what did I tell you? Just add "on '24'" to any terra alert! :D

[Child_Of_Isis]

53. Oh goody! Martial Law!

Sorry. I have a bad case of sarcasm tonight.

[ananda]

54. They must be watching "24"

Now, where'd that pesky nerve gas go to?

[IndianaGreen]

56. Looks like a false alarm, a bio sensor went off

CNN is making a mountain out of a mole hill.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

85. Probably somebody's cologne

That's pretty potent stuff.

[mzmolly]

58. Ahhh, another proverbial "dead fish" to warn our officials not to cross *?

hmmmmmmmmmm

[Catchawave]

60. The "Terrorist Surveillance Program" is working !!!!

Yeah, right.

Hope everyone's okay.

[MakeItSo]

62. Parking attendant Rudolph Giuliani called it an "errie" coincidence

to be in Washington for terra training exercises the day of the nerve gas attack, seeing as how he was in England for terra training exercises on 7/7 and New York for terra training exercises on 9/11.

(Actually I have no idea if RG is in DC but it wouldn't surprise me)

[Julius Civitatus]

66. How about Madrid on 3/11?

Was Rudy also there? Just curious.

[Thor_MN]

65. Desperately seeking Distraction

USS Cole bombers escape in Yemen.... the US Yawns
Churchs burned in Alabama.... the US Yawns
Rove farts in Senate office building.... ???
???Next Terra????

[Julius Civitatus]

67. So fear is back in people's minds, nobody will be talking wiretaps

tomorrow. More fear, fear, and fear again.

Is is election season officially open?

:eyes:

[woodsprite]

68. Are they removing bugs or planting them? n/t

[Danieljay]

92. Exactly my thoughts...you beat me to it. n/t

[justice1]

70. List of Senators in the Russell Building

Allen, George R-VA
Bayh, Evan D-IN
Biden, Joseph D-DE
Bond, Chtristopher R-MO
Burr, Richard R-MO
Chafee, Lincoln R-RI
Chambliss, Saxby R-GA
Clinton, Hillary D-NY
Coburn, Tom R-OK
Dayton, Mark D-MN
Demint, Jim R-SC
Dewine, Mike R-OH
Dodd, Christopher D-CT
Ensign, John R-NV
Enzi, Michael R-WY
Craham, Lindsey R-SC
Gregg, Judd R-NH
Hagel, Chuck R-NE
Hutchison, Kay R-TX
Inhofe, James R-OK
Isakson, Johnny R-GA
Kennedy, Edward D-MA
Kerry, John D-MA
Leahy, Patrick D-UT
Levin, Carl D-MI
Lott, Trent R-MS
McCain, John R-AZ
McConnell, Mitch R-KY
Murray, Patty D-WA
Sessions, Jeff R-AL
Smith, Gordon R-OH
Snowe, Olympia R-ME
Sanunu, John R-NH
Talent, James R-MO
Thune, John R-SD
Warner, John R-VA

[PVK]

71. Present at the time per the MSN report were:

Among the senators in the building according to aides were: Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., Gordon Smith, R-Ore., Richard Burr, R-N.C., Larry Craig, R-Idaho, John Thune, R-S.D., Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.

[Up2Late]

74. Security scare forces US Capitol evacuation (Reuters)

(If this was already posted, sorry, I didn't find it here)

Security scare forces US Capitol evacuation

Wed Feb 8, 2006 10:30 PM ET

By Jeremy Pelofsky

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A suspected nerve agent forced the evacuation of a U.S. Senate office building late on Wednesday until tests concluded the vapor that set off the alarm was harmless, police said. Some 200 people, including several senators, were quarantined for three hours in a nearby underground garage while tests at the Russell Senate Office building determined they were never in danger.

The evacuated building is across the street from the U.S. Capitol where Congress meets. Tests on the material, detected in the attic, showed it was a vapor but not a nerve agent, police said, and no one was showing any symptoms.

"Our test results have been cleared and all the test results are actually negative," Sgt. Kimberly Schneider of U.S. Capitol police told reporters gathered outside the building at 9:40 p.m. EST. "Sometimes you might have a cleaning solvent which may set off a false alarm," she said.

"It was vapor," U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer told Reuters.

(more at link below)

<http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=11147928&src=rss/topNews>

[HuffleClaw]

75. right on cue too.

1. bush gets embarrassed.

2. terror scare.

soooo predictable.

[EFerrari]

77. Horse heads are just too messy. lol n/t

[Javaman]

93. "tests concluded the vapor that set off the alarm was harmless"...

So someone rips one and they evecuate a building?

What did they serve for breakfast this morning?

[flordehinojos]

78. i read this morning that some republicans were insisting on WH giving

answers re: domestic spying....and hey! isn't a little nerve gas excitement enough to stop the demands for WH answers on domestic spying? i mean ... WH has to spy to know who is planting nerve gas at the RUSSELL OFFICE BUILDING...'course,the bushcoes, they'll never rat on themselves!

[spooked911]

86. it's another threat at congress-- just like anthrax and the small

planes that venture into the restricted airspace over the capitol.

Message: TERROR, TERROR, TERROR!

[0007]

79. This shit is so obvious it stinks to high heavens.

And CNN is right on top of things conveniently, eh?

[zann725]

88. Didn't we just hear Rove was arm-twisting opponenets of Security Taps?

n/t

[Vinca]

81. You know how seriously I took this threat?

I heard the first blurb and went to bed rather than staying up to be sure our senators were unharmed. By the way, did they go to "red?"

[genie_weenie]

82. Reminds me of the London Blitz

Upon being advised to leave London with her children, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen of England and wife of George VI, publicly responded thusly,

"The princesses will never leave without me; I will not leave without the king, and the king will never leave London," she said.

Now contrast this with our "Leadership" looking like panicked donkeys ever time a false terror threat is issued.

Not to say, that the WH would issue false threats to keep America in it's clenched fist or so afraid of the Terrorist Boogeyman, that we would forget our Consitituion...

[WinkyDink]

83. "Wolf! Wolf!" he cried.

[hatrack]

84. BOOGA BOOGA!!!!!!!!! AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

:eyes:

[Javaman]

89. And how is this keeping America safe moron*? nt

[twaddler01]

90. The Senators, the Senators!

What about the Senators!!!!!!!!?????

[Danieljay]

91. When else can they plant BUGS and EAVESDROPPING devices

in the offices? I'm telling you, this stinks.

[Odin2005]

95. My bullshit detector just went off.

[orleans]

97. bush needed a bump in the polls. did it help? n/t

[Nutmegger]

98. Yes he did

Looks like Rove took care of that for him.