FBI: Grenade at Bush Rally Was Live
05-18-2005, 11:31 AM
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FBI: Grenade at Bush Rally Was Live
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050518/...a_grenade_bush
TBILISI, Georgia - A grenade hurled in a crowd during last week's speech by President Bush in the Georgian capital was live and considered a threat against the president, though it failed to explode because of a malfunction, the FBI said Wednesday.
In Washington, the White House spokesman said Secret Service agents in Georgia were examining whether security changes were needed, noting that some people at Freedom Square were seen getting around metal detectors at Bush's May 10 speech.
Initially Georgian officials said the Soviet-era grenade was found on the ground, was inactive and posed no danger to Bush.
But FBI agent Bryan Paarmann said Wednesday that the grenade, wrapped in a dark handkerchief, fell about 100 feet from the podium where Bush was speaking and "simply failed to function."
In Washington, the White House spokesman said Secret Service agents in Georgia were examining whether security changes were needed, noting that some people at Freedom Square were seen getting around metal detectors at Bush's May 10 speech.
Initially Georgian officials said the Soviet-era grenade was found on the ground, was inactive and posed no danger to Bush.
But FBI agent Bryan Paarmann said Wednesday that the grenade, wrapped in a dark handkerchief, fell about 100 feet from the podium where Bush was speaking and "simply failed to function."
05-18-2005, 12:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dub2w
that is freaky. even though it was 100ft away i imagine it could have inflicted bodily harm.
Still a major security breach though. I wonder why it took this long to see realize it wasn't a fake (what they originally thought) or hear the news about it? I can look at a grenade and give that answer within a couple seconds. Even with a foreign grenade. They were probably embarrassed as they should be.
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