[Clips] Security Theater In Boston

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah@shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips@philodox.com Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:12:27 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List From: "R.A. Hettinga" Subject: [Clips] Security Theater In Boston Reply-To: clips-chat@philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces@philodox.com http://www.boston.com/news/globe/city_region/breaking_news/2007/01/suspiciou... The Boston Globe Wednesday, January 31, 2007 Suspicious objects found throughout Boston after morning bomb scare By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff Investigators found a device on the BU Bridge today "similar to the Sullivan Square" package that forced the closure this morning of northbound Interstate 93, said Jennifer Mieth, spokeswoman for State Fire Marshal Stephen Coan, whose office oversees the State Police Bomb Squad. Like the item found at the Sullivan Square station, the BU package was attached to the underpinnings of the bridge. "It was not an explosive device," she said of the suspicious item found on the BU Bridge. VIDEO: Suspicious package detonated in Boston Mieth said State Police bomb experts are now examining a another suspicious item -- similar in construction to the items found at Sullivan station and on the BU Bridge -- that has been discovered attached to the Longfellow Bridge, which spans the Charles River from Boston to Cambridge. Boston police are separately investigating suspicious items at Columbus and Stuart streets and near the New England Medical Center, Boston police said. Storrow drive has been is closed, and traffic on the Longfellow Bridge has been cut down to one lane, according to Boston police. Charles Street in downtown Boston is also closed while several agencies investigate suspicious packages discovered there this afternoon. Storrow drive was closed at 2 p.m., according to State Police. Thirty minutes later police opened one eastbound lane to traffic. According to Boston police, Charles Street is also closed while several agencies investigate suspicious packages discovered there this afternoon. Posted by the Boston Globe City & Region Desk at 02:24 PM -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips@philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'