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Armed Agents Detain Man on White House Grounds
Reuters ^ | October 24, 2002 | Reuters

Posted on 10/24/2002 7:40:27 AM PDT by mondonico

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secret Service agents with their weapons drawn detained a man on Thursday on the White House grounds between the fence surrounding the complex and the north entrance to the president's residence.

The man was handcuffed by the agents and led away, according to a Reuters eyewitness.

Secret Service spokesman Brian Marr said, "An individual black male came over the fence on Pennsylvania Ave. and was taken into custody by Secret Service uniform division officers and is currently being interviewed by agents from the service."

President Bush (news - web sites) was speaking in North Carolina at the time of the incident.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alfuqra; blackmuslims; newblackpanthers; oldblackpanthers; secretservice; whitehouse
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1 posted on 10/24/2002 7:40:28 AM PDT by mondonico
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To: mondonico
Isn't this more important than the Bellingham conference?

Paging Roger Ailes, you've been falling down the last 24 hours.
2 posted on 10/24/2002 7:42:12 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
This actually is a fairly-common occurance. Now, if the perp were armed with, say, 20 pounds of explosives, or something better than a pea-shooter common to southeast DC, it would be news.
3 posted on 10/24/2002 7:43:37 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: mondonico
So was he one of the New Black Panthers, and old Black Panther, a Black Muslim or an al Fuqra thug/terrorist?

Or was he some poor down and out Black who listened to the New Black Panthers, Old Black Panthers, Black Muslims, or al Fuqra thugs/terrorists and stepped over the edge of sanity.
4 posted on 10/24/2002 7:44:56 AM PDT by Grampa Dave
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To: steveegg
Scaling the fence AND making onto the WH grounds? No, not that common, and the fact that it was a black man on the day that a black Muslim is arrested in the sniper shooting is an incredible coincidence, at best.
5 posted on 10/24/2002 7:46:18 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Grampa Dave
Or is he some hopped-up SE DC denzien that thought the White in White House meant a REAL big score?

I seem to remember these events happening at least once a year.

6 posted on 10/24/2002 7:47:32 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Well at least FNC broke in to report explosions at the Moscow theater, bigger explosions than a grenade. They totally ignored the story last night.
7 posted on 10/24/2002 7:47:48 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
OK, now they are on the story.
8 posted on 10/24/2002 7:49:07 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: mondonico
Just reported on FOX.

Reports that the intruder may have thrown something into a fountain on the grounds.
9 posted on 10/24/2002 7:49:51 AM PDT by Yankee
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To: steveegg
Fox just reported the man was seen throwing something into the fountain.
10 posted on 10/24/2002 7:50:50 AM PDT by jackliberty
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Like I said, wake me up when they find a weapon more significant than a rusty .22 revolver. I seem to remember this happening about once a year (yes, even before 9/11/2001).

Considering that 80% of the DC population is black (most of the white gubmint workers live outside of DC), it is at most a strange coincidence.

11 posted on 10/24/2002 7:51:17 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: steveegg
Once a year isn't newsworthy, especially given all that's happened in the last year+?

Nice try.
12 posted on 10/24/2002 7:53:18 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: steveegg
Read the story again Steve.

It doesn't say anything about the intruder being armed.

It says "armed agents".

14 posted on 10/24/2002 7:53:58 AM PDT by Yankee
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To: Diddle E. Squat
coinkydinky ?
yep, that's it ....
15 posted on 10/24/2002 7:55:03 AM PDT by tomkat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
More newsworthy than Moscow? More newsworthy than capturing the snipers? I don't think so.
16 posted on 10/24/2002 7:56:17 AM PDT by steveegg
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To: mondonico
Armed Agents Detain Man on White House Grounds

It's ALGORE

17 posted on 10/24/2002 7:58:13 AM PDT by MotleyGirl70
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To: mondonico
Do we yet know if the name 'Mohammad' or any version thereof has been found anywhere in this mans name?
18 posted on 10/24/2002 7:58:58 AM PDT by Sweet_Sunflower29
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To: Grampa Dave
To ensure even-handed treatement and avoid appearance of racial profiling, two blond students, a grand-mother of five, and a departing congressman were also detained on Pennsylvania Avenue and later released. "We treat all of our citizens equally," said the D.C. Mayor, putting down his joint.

Just kidding, of course.

19 posted on 10/24/2002 8:00:08 AM PDT by TopQuark
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To: Sweet_Sunflower29
The sniper's note was an obvious typo.

"I am God" was supposed to read "I be Allah".
20 posted on 10/24/2002 8:00:50 AM PDT by Yankee
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