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/ 04.07.2010 12:00PM
UPDATED: FCC Evacuated for Bomb Threat
WASHINGTON: FCC
headquarters was evacuated this morning due to a bomb threat, a source within
the commission confirmed. Speculation regarding the threat emerged as events
were canceled. Notification went out around 11:20 a.m. Eastern that a round
table on consolidated licensing was postponed.
Further speculation sped through various Twitter feeds, though nothing
initially appeared on the FCC’s Web site nor its own Twitter page. The source
within the Portals said some meetings were held on the grass before staff was
dispatched.
“Several buildings cascaded into the threat warning,” the source said.
Details about the nature and timing of the threat were unavailable, though the
source said staff was out for about two hours--the “longest ever,” and that
bomb-sniffing dogs were dispatched. E-mail releases from the commission resumed
mid-afternoon.
Bomb threats in Washington, D.C. are something of a regular occurrence. WTOP-FM
reports that the Pentagon City Metro station was shut down briefly April 3 for
a bomb threat. Another was reported at World Bank headquarters in January. -- Deborah D. McAdams
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