Fox News reports that "Vice President Joe Biden, well-known for his verbal gaffes, may have finally outdone himself, divulging potentially classified information meant to save the life of a sitting vice president."
According to the report, while recently attending the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, an annual event where powerful politicians and media elite get a chance to cozy up to one another, Biden told his dinnermates about the existence of a secret bunker under the old US Naval Observatory, which is now the home of the vice president. Although earlier reports had placed the Vice-Presidential hide-out in a highly secure complex of buildings inside Raven Rock Mountain near Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, Fox News reports that the Naval Observatory bunker is believed to be the secure, undisclosed location former Vice President Dick Cheney remained under protection in secret after the 9/11 attacks.
According to the report, Biden "said a young naval officer giving him a tour of the residence showed him the hideaway, which is behind a massive steel door secured by an elaborate lock with a narrow connecting hallway lined with shelves filled with communications equipment." According to Eleanor Clift, Newsweek magazine's Washington contributing editor "the officer explained that when Cheney was in lock down, this was where his most trusted aides were stationed, an image that Biden conveyed in a way that suggested we shouldn't be surprised that the policies that emerged were off the wall."
In December 2002, neighbors complained of loud construction work being done at the Naval Observatory, which has been used as a residence by vice presidents since 1974. The upset neighbors were sent a letter by the observatory's superintendent, calling the work "sensitive in nature" and "classified" and that it was urgent it be completed on a highly accelerated schedule."
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Interesting . . . but I cannot say that I am surprised. I did not hear this on the news . . . but have not listened today.
Maybe Joe slipped, maybe he didn't. That's what so great about having Joe around, one never really knows for sure ... does one?
Well, at least he's threatening only his safety lol - glad it wasn't some other big secret
You can never have enough bunkers, just ask Khadafi or the ghost of Saddam. The trouble is those darn mil-spec bunkers just don't come cheap, especially when you've got banks and auto companies to bailout.
This guy is like watching a comedy road show. He just keeps on cracking us up.
I haven't lived in the Washington area for 15 years, but it doesnt take Biden to divulge where the secret hidden bunker is. There are no secrets in Washington. Nice try though.
It is truly sad that Joe Biden is the best we can do for Vice President
Hugh
My feelings match yours exactly. This man is the ultimate political fixture and disgrace.. He should retire. He is like the dining room light fixture from 1978. No one wants to bother buying a house with one. They just turn around and go by another home.
Heh heh, I think he is an example of the Peter principle, he has been promoted to the level of his incompetence for certain.
Hey Scott:
Maybe you can get the listing on a house in Washington with a bunker. Think it might go for a steal now that we know all the secrets. I'll give you a good reference!!
Lesley :)
Leslie ya think so!? Might be a lot of second world countries that would love to make it their embassay n'est-ce pas?