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To: TigerPaw who wrote (16989)5/13/2005 11:59:45 AM
From: Bucky Katt  Read Replies (1) of 20773
 
Makes one wonder,,, why was the Vice Prez rushed out of the West Wing to an 'undisclosed secure location' and 43 was left to continue his bicycle ride out in the open?

Vice President Dick Cheney was in the West Wing of the White House when the alert sounded and was hustled to a secure location away from Pennsylvania Avenue, White House officials said.
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The spin>
"A determination was made that the threat posed no danger to the president since he was at an off-site location, and protocols were in place to protect people in the area of the threat," McClellan said. "Those protocols did not require any presidential authority."

"Given such circumstances and the fact that the plane turned away from the White House, the decision was made to inform the president upon conclusion of his bike ride," McClellan added.
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But they didn't know the extent of the threat, did they? Or DID they??
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