All clear after security alert at White House
Posted on: Thursday, 13 April 2006, 16:12 CDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An unattended package left outside the White House, the third of the day, prompted a security alert Thursday but soon after was cleared as not hazardous, the Secret Service said.
President George W. Bush had already left for Camp David, the presidential retreat, when the package was discovered near the north fence of the White House.
Reporters standing outside the White House press room were told to get inside and pedestrian traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue alongside the White House was restricted.
"It's the third one of the day," Tom Mazur, a Secret Service spokesman, said.
The other two packages were found in Lafayette Park across from the White House earlier in the day. "Both were cleared and deemed not to be a hazard," he said.
The third package was later also determined not to be a hazard. "It's all clear," Mazur said.
Source: REUTERS
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