THE ODOR WAS CAUSED BY FARTS AND NOT DEADLY AGENTS.
SNIFFING DOG FAINTED UPON THE SMELLING OF SBD
JUNE 9, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC (AFP)
The White House press room was briefly evacuated Tuesday
after police received a telephoned bomb threat, interrupting the daily
briefing, but no device was found.
Secret Service agents entered the room, a short distance
from the Oval Office, and stopped the news conference.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that President
Barack Obama, who was in the White House at the time, was not deemed to be in
danger and was not moved.
Journalists, including an AFP reporter, were meanwhile
escorted out as a sniffer dog was deployed to sweep the briefing room.
Outside the executive mansion, the north lawn area was also
evacuated.
A threat "was called in to the Metropolitan Police
Department," said Earnest.
Police contacted the Secret Service who "determined,
that for the safety of all of us, they needed to evacuate the room and to sweep
it."
No device was found, however, the dog did faint after
smelling some deadly SBD gas.
Earlier, part of a Senate office building on Capitol Hill had
also been also evacuated due to a telephoned bomb threat.
Police with dogs investigated a suspicious package but no
threat was found and the all-clear was given.
Sample of Comments from readers:
The press room has been evacuated for years, ever since
reporters stopped asking real questions.
How can the dog smell anything over the BS in there?
White House has become joke. Just laughing material.