Security Alert for Fredericksburg - Pentagon Slugs

This is a paragraph from Secretary Ridge's press conference this weekend. Please note the last two sentences.

Since September 11th, 2001, leaders of our commercial financial institutions have demonstrated exceptional leadership in improving its security. However, in light of new intelligence information, we have made the decision to raise the threat level for this sector, in these communities, to bring protective resources to their highest capacity. This will allow us to increase protection in and around those buildings that require it and also raise awareness for employees, residents, customers and visitors. We know from experience that increased physical protection and added vigilance from citizens can thwart a terrorist attack. And that is our goal.

Thank you for reporting this. I had a similar experience before I stopped slugging to/from the Pentagon about 2.5 years ago. In February of 2002 I rode with a middle eastern man twice from Tackett's to the Pentagon. The first time I rode with him he seemed very nervous and was overly friendly in compensation, but otherwise harmless.

The second time I rode with him (which happened to be in the same week) he deliberately singled me out of the slugg line for a ride. About halfway to the Pentagon he asked me how did I like working at the Pentagon and how long I had been there. When I informed him I did not work at the Pentagon, I merely took the Metro from that location and the second slugg reported the same thing he became very irate and grabbed his cell phone and made a call to someone he spent a good 10 minutes "cussing" at in Arabic. Instead of taking us into the Pentagon area, he asked us to get out at the bottom of the ramp.

I ran over to the soldier who was stationed under the bridge and pointed out the car to him, while the guy who rode with me made a note of the driver's tags. We both spent about 45 minutes reporting what happened to an officer (Marine I think), but I never heard anything after that. Fortunately, I got a new job shortly after that and started slugging from Old Hechinger down 14th. It was a very scary experience, and I'm sorry that I never thought to share it here, but we did out best to report it.

"I started out with nothing and I still have most of it."

They sure are, I never trust anyone from the mid-atlantic region.

Cheers,

Glacier

That would be two European- Americans

Cheers,

Glacier

You mean I shouldn't disparage those of mid-atlantic region descent?