# White House was evacuated, suspicious package found, all clear given

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-was-evacuated-suspicious-package-found-all-clear-given/441181 "2008-03-12T23:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-was-evacuated-suspicious-package-found-all-clear-given/441181/1 "2008-03-12T23:47:24Z")

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[http://twitter.com/BreakingNewsOn](http://twitter.com/BreakingNewsOn) says

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> BREAKING NEWS – ALL CLEAR GIVEN AFTER BRIEF EVACUATION AT THE WHITE HOUSE; ONE PERSON IN CUSTODY - LOCAL MEDIA. DETAILS SOON.

Anyone know what’s up?

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**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-was-evacuated-suspicious-package-found-all-clear-given/441181/2 "2008-03-12T23:51:51Z")

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From the same source:

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> One man is in custody after making threats against US President Bush outside the White House; a suspicious package is now considered safe.

Twitter is awesome.