[dc-zoo]

I hope they draw down on it and back away.

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

Keep us posted, please

[r9etb]

Could be anything. Probably nothing serious.

[Gefreiter]

I just hope this situation is handled sensitively [/Kerry]

[NonValueAdded]

Flashback to Trio with cocaine in their car mistake MacDill AFB gate for a highway toll booth?

[Semper Paratus]

Must have been the "Swift Boat Veteran for Kerry" bumper sticker.

[So Cal Rocket]

Max Cleland trying to deliver another letter?

[csvset]

2 Men Alarm Guards, Close MacDill Gate

By MICHAEL H. SAMUELS
msamuels@tampatrib.com

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE - Two men wanting to test cell phone signals on MacDill Air Force Base were detained, questioned and released Thursday after armed guards seized their vehicle and searched it for suspicious objects.

The men, who were not identified, were not charged and were escorted off the base, said a MacDill spokeswoman, 1st Lt. Erin Dorrance.

About 7:45 a.m., two men approached the Bayshore Boulevard gate in a Buick Rendezvous with New York license plates without proper identification and did not tell the armed guards at the gate where they wanted to go, Dorrance said. ``That set off red flags,'' she said. ``They could not answer. They stumbled through their answers.''

Inside the car were numerous antennas, cell phones and wires, Dorrance said.

The guards called in bomb dogs and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team.

The situation caused the Bayshore gate to close until 10 a.m. and backed up traffic during MacDill's rush hour.

Reporter Michael H. Samuels can be reached at (813) 835-2109.

This story can be found at: http://news.tbo.com/news/MGB5UJKRDYD.html