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U.S. Capitol police announced Thursday morning that they are conducting an “active bomb threat investigation” tied to a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress.
The library is part of the Capitol complex.
Nearby buildings, including the iconic Thomas Jefferson building across the street from the Capitol and next door to the Supreme Court, are being evacuated. People in the Cannon House office building were told to evacuate to the Longworth House office building via the complex’s tunnels.
People in the James Madison Building, which is a Library of Congress facility, were initially told to stay inside and lock the doors.
The FBI’s Washington field office said it is responding to the scene, along with the Washington field office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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It is good to know that they are not just sitting on this information and seeing whether something develops, like they did when there was a spike of interest in tunnels around the Capitol shortly before 1/6, despite other information of impending harm.
Considering the diversionary role a pair of pipe bombs played in fouling up the 1/6 response, I’m sure they’re taking this even more seriously than they normally would (which would be severe).
What? You mean there’s no “good guy with a bomb” to counteract the “bad guy with a bomb”?
OT, but still in the criminal vein:
IANAL, but…obstruction of justice? Interfering with a criminal investigation? Aiding and abetting?
Seems appropriate that the illiterate would target a library…