BREAKING: The U.S. Capitol building has been evacuated

[musette_sf]

Source: CNN

BREAKING: The U.S. Capitol building has been evacuated for an unknown emergency.

http://www.cnn.com/

No story/link yet.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. probably the steam rising from the GOP re: the new ethics committee & rules

[wtmusic]

2. I know Iran is behind this somehow. nt

[katty]

14. yup-the day after Fallon quits

[maddezmom]

3. MSNBC says the all clear has been given, plane was in restricted airspace

[tachyon]

9. City under threat by 900 pound airplane!!!!!!!111!1!!111!!

This is HUGH

[musette_sf]

4. appeared on CNN home page

and vanished almost immediately. hmmmmmmmm

[NightWatcher]

5. plane flew into airspace but has turned away. all clear per MSNCB

[Changenow]

6. FISA. nt

[mth44sc]

7. Maybe - just maybe...

its lunch time...

[musette_sf]

8. or Boehner needed a smoke break n/t

[Buzz Clik]

11. Boehner: "After that scare, I'm just like the perfect martini -- shaken but not stirred."

[quadriga]

10. I haven't had a terror fix in a while.

Sweet glorious terror! You complete me!

[displacedtexan]

12. Interesting. I'm 10 blocks away and I didn't hear a plane.

It must've been on the outside edge of the no-fly zone.

BTW, Marine One rattles my house every freakin' time it flies over.
I'm in the White House flight path.

[Demeter]

13. The Old Karl Rove Playbook--They Must Have Found It Behind the Commode

[Heywood J]

15. I'm amazed they were still able to read it.

I don't trust George's aim.

[Demeter]

16. LOLOLOLOL!

True, that!

[DirtyDawg]

17. Someone called 911....

...claiming that a person was seen trying to plant a backbone into Sen Reid and Cong. Pelosi...then all hell broke loose.

[99th_Monkey]

18. This Story has been put to bed - evacuation over, errant plane has landed outside DC "Zone"

I got this from the CNN website:

March 12th, 2008
Private plane enters restricted area over D.C.; all-clear given
Posted: 01:56 PM ET

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A private plane entered the restricted airspace over the District of Columbia on Wednesday, prompting some people to evacuate buildings on Capitol Hill but posing no imminent threat, officials said.

A short time later, Capitol Hill police gave the all-clear and said the aircraft landed outside the restricted zone. There was no evacuation of the U.S. Capitol building and “things are back to normal,” police said.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said the plane, a small Cessna, landed at a regional airport in Leesburg, Virginia, where the pilot waited for authorities to arrive.
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/12/private-plane-enters-restricted-area-over-dc-all-clear-given-2/

[Doctor_J]

19. Oh, no! Better elect McCain!

:scared:

[Uncle Joe]

20. I would suggest for the Congress People to check their offices for bugs when they get back. n/t

[Virginia Dare]

21. Yup. Just a little battery check...n/t

[diane in sf]

22. I wonder who bushco's wiretapping and whose papers their digging around in

[NoodleyAppendage]

23. FISA Scare Tactic to Make the Weak-kneed Dems Shit Their Pants. No Doubt.

I'm beginning to fail to see the distinction between modern Russia and America under BFEE rule. Terrorism is being practiced by both governments against their own people to meet political goals of consolidating power.

J

[msongs]

24. ...and if they will not honor their oath to defend the constitution they should STAY OUT nt

[tom_paine]

25. Looks like the Bushies need to catch up on scanning Democratic documents

going through Democratic desk drawers, bugging Democratic lavatories and other "safe" places where Democrats might speak.

I was wodnering when the Bushies were going to update their files and Ops. It had been awhile since they cleared out the Dems and went through their shit.

[bhikkhu]

26. Let the Fear begin!

Expect an increasing chance of orange alerts, Al Qeada cells in our suburbs, plots barely averted, missing bioweapons cultures, missing plutonium, hackers cracking the WH and Pentagon databases, rumors of moles and border crossings, the ghost of Bin Laden taunting us from the dead....

[goforit]

27. Cheney not happy with the underlings..time for a spanking.