BREAKING: The White House is on lockdown

[Are_grits_groceries]

@AndrewBeatty:
White House on lock down, secret service says unattended package left in Lafayette Park. The Park + Penn Ave closed. DC Fire is en route.
Obama is not there from other reports.

[MineralMan]

1. Uh-oh. Someone's going to miss lunch or something.

Unattended packages almost always turn out to be innocuous. Still, I suppose it's good sense to check them out.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

8. I think we have our first big break in finding the culprit --

[msongs]

2. maybe it's a clock nt

[TexasProgresive]

3. Maybe it's a homemade nuclear fusion reactor

[underpants]

4. I'm glad YOU posted that.

[TeeYiYi]

5. I get those several times a week...

...from UPS. They ring the doorbell and run; re: unattended package.

TYY

[yeoman6987]

7. Lol. I do too.

[blogslut]

6. All clear now

http://twitter.com/jparkABC/status/644233693284929536

John R Parkinson Verified account
?@jparkABC

Per Secret Service Spox Brian Leary: "Package declared safe. All clear - streets are in process of reopening."

[sarisataka]

9. So it wasn't a clock...

No teens arrested and it would have taken much longer to determine it was safe.

[Hortensis]

10. Grits, thanks for the cat-in-the-bag. Best thing I've seen all month!