Senior law enforcement officials say car bomb explodes outside of State Department in Washington, D.C. Federal protective services later denies car bomb attack occurred...
And the POST
...The core of the nation's capital was plunged this morning into a state of fear and confusion, with rumors of explosions all over town and thousands of people trapped in gridlocked traffic. People scanned the skies for incoming terrorist planes. There were reports – sources unknown – of bombs and smoke all around the federal city.
They came one after another: A car bomb at the State Department. A bomb at the Capitol. A bomb at the Old Executive Office Building. The USA Today building in Rosslyn was supposedly enveloped in smoke. Reported as fact on radio and television, the rumors were untrue...
Relee, I'm not sure if you're trying to make the case for "explosions all over town" or the fact that they were rumors (as stated in the snips you've posted).
But I was there. No "bombs and smoke all around the federal city." No car bomb at State, as reported by CNN and subsequently refuted.
And if true, why was I able to drive all around downtown DC that evening, and why didn't I see any damage anywhere, and why were there no fire trucks, and why was there no bomb damage at State, and why do my 11:10AM photos of DC (from a highrise building) show no smoke anywhere but from the Pentagon, and ....?????
100 percent unadulterated rumors.