{"article":{"id":1050,"heading":"evacuating patriotic hall","author":"jdzevin","created":"2000-08-15 21:41:33","modified":"2000-08-15 22:29:45","last_modified":"Wed, 16 Aug 2000 05:29:45","article":"<p>A group of IMC radio journalists are being detained in the parking lot of Patriotic Hall (the site of the Shadow Convention, as well as the IMC headquarters for the DNC). Apparently, the police believe (or find it expedient to pretend to believe) that there is a bomb in their truck. <br><br> People on the ground floor are not cooperating. No one seems to believe there is a bomb anywhere near here.<\/p>\n","contact":"jdzevin@gizmo.usc.edu","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Police claim to suspect that an IMC radio crew is holding a bomb in their van, and are attempting to evacuate the ground floor of patriotic hall.","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/1050.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":1056,"heading":"a clarification","article":"The bomb scare appears to be the work of a ``concerned citizen'' who thought he or she saw something suspicious in the truck.\r\n\r\nSo, the cops have to check it out. Like if you're at the airport and make a stupid joke about having a gun. Even if you obviously have no gun, they have to frisk you and everything. \r\n\r\nMaybe. That's all the info I have for now.","author":"jdzevin","parent_id":1050,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-15 21:51:16","modified":"2000-08-15 22:00:01","fileurl":""},{"id":1062,"heading":"Probable Reason For \"bomb Scare\"","article":"Rather, I suspect the reason for the bomb scare is to disrupt the Shadow Convention where ex-DEA agent will reveal the identities (and images)  of CIA officers trafficking in cocaine at the Ilopango airbase.\r\n\r\nConcerned citizen, my patootie!\r\n\r\nLyn","author":"Lyn","parent_id":1050,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-15 22:29:45","modified":"2000-08-15 22:39:07","fileurl":""}]}