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Suspicious Truck Stopped on NY Whitestone Bridge

Posted on 02/12/2003 7:30:24 AM PST by Damocles

Just heard on Glenn Beck program...will look for source


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To: Damocles
The cops have I-40 blocked off here in TN - not sure why.
141 posted on 02/12/2003 10:08:20 AM PST by The Raven (Liberalism: The dream world called denial)
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To: cake_crumb
"Sorry all...I can't resist : THEY FOUND CHIEF MOOSE'S WHITE TRUCK AGAIN!"

Nope - Moose was being impersonated by a raghead.

142 posted on 02/12/2003 10:12:45 AM PST by Happy2BMe (It's All About You - It's All About Me - It's All About Being Free!)
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To: demnomo
"Speaking of suspicious activity, have any San Francisco Bay area FReepers heard anything about a zodiac boat yesterday near the Golden Gate Bridge that was spotted by the US Coast Guard and then fled?"

Attack the GG bridge - how proposterous!!

That's DimRat and Diane Feinstein's turf - no way they would mess with Diane! (she is on their side)

143 posted on 02/12/2003 10:15:44 AM PST by Happy2BMe (It's All About You - It's All About Me - It's All About Being Free!)
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To: The Raven
The cops have I-40 blocked off here in TN - not sure why.

Where's here? Tennessee is a pretty big state.
What kind of cops? Local LEO's, State Police, others....?
Are there air units prersent?
What is the local press saying if anything?

144 posted on 02/12/2003 10:18:18 AM PST by kako
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To: freeperfromnj
Walked through Times Square on my way to work - they had a couple of SWAT guys with black masks and machine guns standing outside the broadway tickets booth. Watching it on TV somehow doesn't have the same impact as it does up close and personal. For the first time since September 11, it felt like a war zone again.

Sounds like that's as much fun as living within walking distance of City Hall, the NYSE, the Fed, etc., is.

145 posted on 02/12/2003 10:20:32 AM PST by NYC GOP Chick (The LMDC can go to hell)
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To: SarahW
I think you might appreciate this thread.


146 posted on 02/12/2003 10:21:51 AM PST by condi2008 (Pro Libertate)
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To: condi2008
Hey, that thread is for looser's!
147 posted on 02/12/2003 10:27:46 AM PST by SarahW
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To: NYC GOP Chick
living within walking distance of City Hall, the NYSE, the Fed, etc., is.

Now that has to be a 10 on the stress level.

148 posted on 02/12/2003 10:30:31 AM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: dawn53
I love the Glenn Beck show

Glenn's one of my favorite talkers. Wickedly funny, well spoken and well thought out arguments. I think he is the future of talk radio.

149 posted on 02/12/2003 10:37:07 AM PST by Damocles
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To: SarahW
Sorry...I can't type...but pet peeves are OK,BTW
150 posted on 02/12/2003 10:50:43 AM PST by ken5050
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To: The Raven
We just got a news bulletin that canines alerted to an abandoned blue van at the entrance to Lackland AFB in San Antonio...possible explosives...SAPD called...bomb squad has removed a box from the van...buildings within a 1 block area have been evacuated...SAPD is requesting anyone in the area not use their cell phones...waiting on more news before posting a breaking thread.
151 posted on 02/12/2003 11:00:10 AM PST by ravingnutter
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To: dep
NYC ought to have a law forbidding driver's licenses to people whose homelands have not yet developed the internal combustion engine or automobiles.

In the normal course of technological evolution, this would keep most of the unfriendly Sons of Muhammed (May Peace Be Upon Him) off the roads for another 5,000 years.

152 posted on 02/12/2003 11:08:56 AM PST by Kenny Bunk
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To: Damocles
i never heard of glenn beck, what station in NYC?
153 posted on 02/12/2003 11:09:47 AM PST by contessa machiaveli
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To: Damocles
i never heard of glenn beck, what station in NYC?
154 posted on 02/12/2003 11:09:53 AM PST by contessa machiaveli
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To: contessa machiaveli
I believe he is only on Sunday on WABC in NYC. You can check out his website for other affiliates in your area.

www.glennbeck.com
155 posted on 02/12/2003 11:16:07 AM PST by Damocles
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To: Happy2BMe
All jokes aside, I do wonder about the specific nature of the alerts to the NYC and DC police departments, and am very glad the police are so on point right now.

If ONE terrorist attack is stopped and lives are saved due to the extra precautions taken by local security, then the whining and cries of 'racism' and 'profiling' by those insisting they were unfairly targeted will be more than worth it.

156 posted on 02/12/2003 11:22:45 AM PST by cake_crumb (Without dictators, what reason would we have to keep the UN?)
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To: demnomo
It was a guy in a wetsuit in an inflatable raft near the Bay Bridge (also coming out of SF for the non-CA crowd) early Tuesday morning according to this KTVU in Oakland story. No, they didn't catch him.
157 posted on 02/12/2003 11:24:42 AM PST by jiggyboy
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To: ravingnutter
It's true.

SAN ANTONIO -- Lackland Air Force Base is investigating a possible explosive found near the military base late Wednesday morning.

Lackland Air Force Base officials said a canine team alerted security officers to an odor of a possible explosive inside a van that was trying to enter the Gate 2 at Springvale and Valley Hi.

A remote-controlled robot retrieved a package from the van. It's not immediately known if it was an explosive.

Lackland Air Force Base officials said the van was being driven by some contract workers who were going to conduct work at the base. The workers are being detained and questioned by base officials

SOURCE: KSAT12 (opens in new window)

Theres another two short paragraphs...I copied what seemed most pertinent, but am not sure about the full text rules now. Refresh the page for updates.

158 posted on 02/12/2003 11:33:18 AM PST by cake_crumb (Without dictators, what reason would we have to keep the UN?)
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To: ravingnutter
We just got a news bulletin that canines alerted to an abandoned blue van at the entrance to Lackland AFB in San Antonio...possible explosives...SAPD called...bomb squad has removed a box from the van...buildings within a 1 block area have been evacuated...SAPD is requesting anyone in the area not use their cell phones...waiting on more news before posting a breaking thread.

Latest is that it wasn't really abandoned, but rather that they didn't have their insurance card or other paperwork, and they just walked onto the base, so their own personal paperwork (badges?) must have been in order. They were repair contracters of some sort. Situation still fluid, gate still closed, some evacuations. Probably nothing, but you have to run the wickets anyway once the dogs alerted to possible explosives. The base is not shut down, but that particular gate is closed. It's not even the most commonly used one. Lackland has traditionally been low security. I've gone onto the base twice in an airport shuttle van while they delieved passengers to the various schools there, even though I didn't have any reason to be there and could have been anybody, rather than an ex AF officer myself. I found that a bit appauling. Of course that was before 9-11 and definitely before threatcon Bravo was effect.

159 posted on 02/12/2003 11:38:26 AM PST by El Gato
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To: El Gato
Thanks for the info...I frequent Brooks AFB myself, have to go there every day as one of my job duties. Brooks, even though it is now a city base, still has good security, especially if you enter any of the buildings. KTSA just reported that the gate is now open...nothing further, but must have been a false alarm...at least I hope so.
160 posted on 02/12/2003 11:53:34 AM PST by ravingnutter
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