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| Bomb squad deployed after driver claims explosives in car at main gate of Andrews, airbase hosting Air Force One (VIDEO) | Bomb squad deployed after driver claims explosives in car at main gate of Andrews, airbase hosting Air Force One (VIDEO) |
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| The main entrance of Joint Base Andrews, home to the presidential airplane, was blocked for a while after a man drove up and told the guards he had a bomb in his car. The bomb squad found no explosives, but the man was arrested. | The main entrance of Joint Base Andrews, home to the presidential airplane, was blocked for a while after a man drove up and told the guards he had a bomb in his car. The bomb squad found no explosives, but the man was arrested. |
| Footage from local TV helicopters showed a remote-controlled robot and armored bomb technicians inspecting a tan-colored sedan outside the base entrance on Friday evening. | Footage from local TV helicopters showed a remote-controlled robot and armored bomb technicians inspecting a tan-colored sedan outside the base entrance on Friday evening. |
| The base entrance was closed off for several hours, as security and “partner law enforcement officials” worked to address the situation, Zachary Baddorf, a spokesman for the Air Force’s 316th Wing, said in a statement. | The base entrance was closed off for several hours, as security and “partner law enforcement officials” worked to address the situation, Zachary Baddorf, a spokesman for the Air Force’s 316th Wing, said in a statement. |
| An explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robot, bomb-sniffing dogs and a human officer dressed in a protective suit checked the vehicle but “did not find anything relevant,” the base said in a statement quoted by the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. | An explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robot, bomb-sniffing dogs and a human officer dressed in a protective suit checked the vehicle but “did not find anything relevant,” the base said in a statement quoted by the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. |
| Located about 15 miles (25 km) southeast of Washington, DC, Andrews is a joint Air Force/Navy base, and home to the aircraft used by the US president and other high-ranking government officials. | Located about 15 miles (25 km) southeast of Washington, DC, Andrews is a joint Air Force/Navy base, and home to the aircraft used by the US president and other high-ranking government officials. |
| Earlier this month, a man drove up to the main gate of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. FBI agents eventually shot that man after a standoff that lasted for several hours. He later died in the hospital. No explosives were found in his car. | Earlier this month, a man drove up to the main gate of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia. FBI agents eventually shot that man after a standoff that lasted for several hours. He later died in the hospital. No explosives were found in his car. |
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