Saturday, May 19, 2018

Bomb Scare that Nearly Shut Down Seattle Library Was "Realistic" Army Exercise



On Saturday, April 14, staffers at a downtown Seattle library discovered two alarming objects on its third-floor shelves: Two books had been hollowed out and filled with what appeared to library staffers to be two primitive homemade bombs, according to an internal library email about the incident.

Each of the books contained batteries, wires, and computer chips. According to the police report, obtained through a public disclosure request, staffers considered the objects to be "potential explosive device[s]."

The staffers on duty that Saturday morning, according to multiple accounts of the incident, then called 911, stationed security guards on several floors, and prepared to evacuate the entire 363,000-square-foot building and its approximately 3,500 occupants in response to the apparent potential bomb.   (CIS, May 18, 2018)
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Off-post training for certain types of military units improves realism and when working with civilian law enforcement and emergency services can provide a benefit to the civilian community as well. But these exercises must be properly coordinated by the participating installation.

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