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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

BTW, Webb claims McClatchy News confirmed his story about the ‘radioactive diplomatic containers’ aboard the shit.

Complete BS:

Here is the real McClatchy story. (if you doubt it’s a real story, click the link at the bottom of the story. Webb is so much BS!)

No problem on ship at after threat claim at Charleston port
The Associated Press

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.

A person who raised alarms about a possible “dirty bomb” on a container ship approaching the port of Charleston in South Carolina was being questioned Thursday after searches found nothing dangerous.

Coast Guard Lt. James Zorn said the Charleston office received a telephone call about a “dirty bomb” aboard the Maersk Memphis container ship around 8 p.m. Wednesday. The ship docked about a half-hour later.

Zorn said the Coast Guard contacted other federal, state and local agencies and set up a unified command that ordered the evacuation of the Wando Terminal of the South Carolina State Ports Authority in Mount Pleasant and set up a 1-mile safety zone around the dock on the Cooper River.

A “dirty bomb” is not a traditional nuclear weapon, but an explosive device containing radioactive or radiation-polluted material. By 3:30 a.m. Thursday, officials had scanned four suspect containers aboard the ship and determined there was no danger.

Zorn said the four “diplomatic” containers were searched based on intelligence gathered and information from the caller. He did not have other information on those containers, referring questions about them to the FBI.

FBI spokesman Don Wood in Columbia said he could not talk about the containers. He also would not provide details on the person being questioned or any possible charges.

The terminal was allowed to resume normal operations. No injuries were reported.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article156277354.html#storylink=cpy


5 posted on 06/20/2017 7:16:18 PM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: Strac6

You will find out what is BS and what isn’t...just stay tuned.


12 posted on 06/20/2017 8:34:22 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Strac6

Clearly, to me at least, this was a dry run...


13 posted on 06/20/2017 8:47:24 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Strac6

The article doesn’t say if there was or wasn’t radioactive material.
And Webb did not place the call.


23 posted on 06/21/2017 7:21:26 AM PDT by zzwhale
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