This post has been updated.
The White House was locked down on Thursday afternoon while Secret Service investigated an unattended package, NBC News reported.
The all clear was given early Thursday evening and the lockdown was lifted.
All clear here at the @WhiteHouse after suspicious package prompted lockdown
— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) July 17, 2014
Security lockdown at WH over. All clear given.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 17, 2014
The package was on the North Fence line. Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, was also evacuated.
$10 says somebody on Fox screams this is a distraction.
Hillary planted it.
If they don’t, El Fatso or Alex Jones will. Fatso already is calling the Ukranian shoot down “a distraction.” Yeah, right! Obama had Dubya call his friend Pooty-Poot and call in a solid.
Turns out the box contained a macaroni-and-cheese collage that spells out, “SURRENDER, OBAMA!” There was no signature for the artist, but the collage was insulated with crumpled-up pages from the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, a local newspaper in Wasilla, AK.