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Drone Flying Near White House Causes Lockdown

Posted by timothy on from the just-want-to-keep-tabs-on-the-civil-servants dept.

stowie writes: The White House was placed on lockdown this afternoon after a man allegedly tried to fly a drone near the building, authorities said. The Secret Service detained and is questioning an individual in connection with a drone flying in Lafayette Park, according to a senior official. President Barack Obama is not currently in the White House and is at Camp David. It's the second drone incident at the White House in 2015. Also covered by CNN.

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  1. Re:Ruining it for the rest of us by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Maybe instead of being mad at the pilot you should be mad at all the people who pee themselves over a drone flying in a park near the White House?

    Land of the free? Home of the brave? More like Land of the sissies. Home of the babies.