Evacuation of Capital now! (Update: FNC: White House Secret Service gives all clear signal)

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[pitinkie]

Capital and WH being evacuated.."full running evac"

[prairiebreeze]

CSPAN: Police say the plane was not authorized to have been taken.What, the guy just flew off in it??

[OXENinFLA]

Yup, I heard the same thing from the Wash.Police.


Also.."two male whites"

[al baby]

The secure location is under a in and out burger east of the white house

[maggief]

Yes, Rush says Mrs. Reagan has a big event this evening.

[Mo1]

Did I hear a reporter ask "Were Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Reagan..."

I did hear the name Reagan .. but I'm sure of the context of the question that was asked

[Clovis_Skeptic]

Did I hear a reporter ask "Were Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Reagan..."

I definatley heard Reagan

[Marysecretary]

He'd have blown HIMSELF up! Gotta go to paradise you know.

[jimbo123]

I wonder if it was this guy?

Adnan “Jaafaral the Pilot” G. El Shukrijumah

http://www.as-sa.org/terroralert.html

[dangus]

I must've missed it... What on earth (ahem) was the question?

[HairOfTheDog]

I have a dumb question, but whenever there's an unidentified aircraft being tracked do they normally know what type of aircraft it is?

Not if he's unidentified. You could make some assumptions of general type by speed and altitude, but if they aren't in communication, all they get is a radar reflection. If he has been in communication, they'll tag him with his stated type and his number.

[mystery-ak]

two white males?...there were two in the cockpit?

[No Blue States]

The person being placed into the patrol car was wearing shorts, had dark hair, and I think it was a man (but it could have been a woman).

Janet Reno?

[prairiebreeze]

Two male whites...stole the plane?

[ClancyJ]

I guess someone has to decide which is worse. Banning novice pilots in light aircraft from takeoff from these fields or scrambling fighter jets and having the scenario we had today

Yes, and it should be looked at from the standpoint of taxpayer dollars. How much does it cost to rush 2 - F16's into the air, how much to send all the authorities to Maryland to investigate?

Hm......I would vote for banning novice pilots for 100 mi radius. Novice pilots are not the brightest of the lot.

[smith288]

5+11+5=21
9+11+1=21

Well, now that we know that the terrorists are tricky with their math...

[OXENinFLA]

Yup that's how I understood it...

[Mo1]

David Gregory is asking if a shoot down order was given

[Hoodlum91]

Yes, she's staying at the White House.

Per Foxnews.com:

Washington to Salute Nancy Reagan
Wednesday, May 11, 2005

PHOTOS

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STORIES
•Reagan Era Changed American Politics•Friends, Family Mark Reagan's Birthday•George Schultz Backs Measure to Fund Stem Cell Research
WASHINGTON — Nancy Reagan (search), preparing for her first big public event since her husband's state funeral, says staying at the White House has left her awash in emotions and memories of the years they spent here.

The White House "brings back a lot of memories ... all the wonderful times, the not so wonderful times," Mrs. Reagan said in an interview aired Wednesday on a broadcast news morning show.

Eleven months after former President Reagan's (search) death, Mrs. Reagan said she wasn't sure she's emotionally prepared yet for Wednesday's salute in her honor, her first big national appearance since Reagan's state funeral last June.

"I'm not sure I am ready," she said. "But we'll see."

Mrs. Reagan is staying at the White House while in town for the dinner that will raise money for a presidential transportation pavilion at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library (search) in California.

The museum will feature a Boeing 707 jet that served as Air Force One during her husband's tenure and was also used by Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Clinton and the two Bushes before it was retired in 2004.

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It was stolen? Yup, I heard the same thing from the Wash.Police. Also.."two male whites"

Couple of kids doing a prank? Stolen plane with two men in it. That could be something different.

[tgslTakoma]

hmmmmm