Wow! That could be absolutely....boring.
Posted on 01/18/2005 3:03:36 PM PST by swilhelm73
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI says a man distraught over a child custody case is threatening to blow up his van near the White House. The episode has promoted a standoff with police. Debra Weierman, spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office, said the man driving the red van claimed to have 15 gallons of gasoline. Weierman says he'll "blow it up if he doesn't get his child back."
The incident occurred along the parade route that President Bush will travel on Thursday after his inauguration. Streets in the area have been blocked off, and pedestrians evacuated. President Bush is not at the White House, as he is taking part in an inaugural event at the MCI Center.
WUSA-TV reports the van drove through a security checkpoint and was stopped by law enforcement, at which point the driver allegedly made some type of threatening comments.
Witness John Taylor was in a nearby building. He tells The Associated Press he saw police stop two vans, one white, the other red. The white van drove away, but the red van stayed, and Taylor says the police officers who confronted the driver seemed very agitated. It's not clear what the issue was with the white van. Taylor and his colleagues were initially not allowed to leave their building.
Another witness, Nick Wutherich, visiting from Texas, says he walked past the van and describes the driver as looking like a hippie, with a blank expression on his face. Wutherich says all of a sudden he heard screams and saw police with guns drawn converging on the van and ordering people out of the area.
You can bet he won't be getting that kid back now!
Hey PJ, one of your DUmmie Ants seems to have escaped the ant farm.
Well now we know WHY he didn't get the child to begin with.
ditto. Secret Service, hand him a lighter.
He didn't quite think that one through, did he?
How's that custody case going now, Fred?
Wow! That could be absolutely....boring.
I had a feeling that the moonbats would be out in force this week. This may just be the beginning.
"man driving the red van claimed to have 15 gallons of gasoline.... "
HA ! that means his tank was ~1/2 full.... :o)
The man is as yet unidentified, but the van has a large sign on the side that says "The REAL DEAL Express"...
haha yea, get all those poor people outta traffic!
I wonder if this is a stunt by activist or terrorist to get the parade route changed to a less secure route?
Or to test the security perimeter.
Remember the van that was stopped about a week ago -- the one we had on the Dose? Getting scary out there. Who among Dosers is going to the parade?
Full Moon on the 25th. Close enough when your mental stability is effected by the slight variations in lunar gravity, LOL!
There is some truth to that "Full Moon" stuff. My mom was an ER nurse for years and hated having to work those shifts. I moderate on another site, and you always get more "troll" activity during a Full Moon. :)
That John Kerry just won't let it go, will he?
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