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The Associated Press (via WTOP) is reporting that the incident that closed down the area around the Library of Congress earlier today was that U.S. Capitol Police detained a man who had a rifle and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle. Sounds like we might have another Michael Gorbey on our hands, except, of course, minus one samurai sword.
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Here's a photo of the bomb squad advancing towards the vehicle.
I work in the Adams LOC Building and right after this was taken, we were told to get away from the windows.
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He supposedly stopped to ask police for directions. Darwin award winner right there. Thankfully he's an idiot and got himself caught.
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dang. here it is.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rwjudd/2830573961/
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I asked the other day.. can anyone explain why links sometimes don't work? Is there a trick, or is it just dumb luck.
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Here they are, still investigating the van at 3p.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/volcanojw/2830615607
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correction - not van. jeep.
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I wonder if he was looking for DCist HQ, upset that there's no Overheard in DC today.
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i've never had a problem with links. wonder if it's just a case of poor html code on the case of the commenter...
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it's not a case of poor HTML. i've been writing code since 1997.
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Michael Gorbey got 22 years, Jack Abramoff only got 4 and he hurt a lot more people.
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While its great they caught the guy, since he put in the 30 lives code (↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← → B A) before he left the house they have to catch him like 29 more times.
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rob: sorry, didn't mean to attack your coding skills...just was asking. guess there are bugs there in the commenting system.