Re: Spotted AF1 this afternoon. - Mt. Weather


Message posted by zipper on September 13, 2001 at 21:01:15 PST:

Apparently Mt. Weather was used to some extent.

From "Washington Whispers"

"Eventually, an evacuation began, but only for some leaders, such as Speaker Dennis Hastert, taken to Andrews Air Force Base. Other bigs, like House Majority Whip Tom DeLay and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, as well as some Senate leaders where taken to police HQ just blocks from the Capitol. All leaders were eventually moved by chopper and limo to hideouts in West Virginia and Virginia, like Mt. Weather, a high-tech underground communications center near Round Hill, Va., some 75 miles from Washington.

Whispers visited Mt. Weather and saw several limos with police lights and District or government tags going in and out of the gates, guarded by officers toting M1A1s. We also passed an escort of five U.S. Park Police on Harleys. Sources say several generals were also taken there to begin war planning. It wasn't easy for everyone to get there: We hear that some House leaders who drove to Andrews on their own to catch the chopper ride weren't initially recognized. For other House and Senate members, it was fend for yourself. Some hung out in Capitol Hill coffee shops. Others, like Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, went to the homes of staff. By Tuesday evening, everyone had returned, and a review of the botched evacuation of the Capitol was begun by the House Committee on Administration."

Attached link: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm

In Reply to: Re: Spotted AF1 this afternoon. posted by gary on September 12, 2001 at 11:20:12 PST:

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