# Bomb threat at the Washington Monument?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-at-the-washington-monument/238993>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-at-the-washington-monument/238993 "2004-04-08T17:41:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiger)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-at-the-washington-monument/238993/1 "2004-04-08T17:41:11Z")

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I work for a government agency and just got a popup that said there was someone threatening to blow up the Washington Monument. I haven’t been able to confirm this. It’s not on CNN or any of the news agencies - yet. Has anyone heard anything about this?

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**Author:** ![Kiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiger)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-threat-at-the-washington-monument/238993/2 "2004-04-08T17:51:57Z")

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Nevermind. It was a drill - only they forgot to mention that little bit of info! Idiots.