2 people are in custody after trying to get onto MacDill Air Force Base

CNN - Twitter ^ | June 14, 2010 | Tori Blase

[VRWCTexan]

Via twitter - BREAKING

CNN: 2 people are in custody after trying to get onto MacDill Air Force Base, the home of U.S. Central Command: Air Force spokeswoman

[Wisconsinlady]

All I want to hear next is their names. I am surprised it has been blamed on the tea party people already.

[Jackson Brown]

Greek Orthodox Hare Krisnas

[Domangart]

After a while you get a feel for people. Some have tells that make them stick out. You could always drive over the chain link fence and no one would know .

[MinuteGal]

"Once the individuals were unable to show proper identification, their vehicle was inspected....."

Oh, no, not racial profiling! Call Obama! Call the ACLU! Call La Raza!

The Rev'run Al said this would happen and it did!

Leni

[Deo volente]

All I want to hear next is their names.

Now, now...I know what you're thinking, that their names are Mahmoud and Mohammed. Shame on you!

They're probably a couple of Methodists named Melvin and Mitchell. :-)

[livius]

I suspect the military uniforms were probably meant to make the people at the checkpoint wave them through thinking they were military - not realizing, of course, that even military actually have to show ID. This type of checkpoint running is a very Middle Eastern tactic. It will be interesting to find out more about these people (if we’re allowed to do so).

[kristinn]

MyFoxTampaBay has a video report that has close up footage of some of the contents in the vehicle--guns and lots of ammo clips, a suitcase packed with clothing and other things.

[lonevoice]

Unable to show proper identification, with military gear and weapons found in their vehicle. Waiting for some description of these a-holes.

[surfer]

Probably looking for some cold ones...they have to be hidden here somewhere!!!

[kristinn]

From Tampa Bay Online:

SNIP

Base officials haven't heard that it was a planned attack.

A News Channel 8 reporter on scene at the base saw at least 13 loaded rifle magazines and two pistol magazines in a bag.

Authorities also found military clothing and other military-style equipment in the grayish blue Honda CRV driven by the suspects. No explosives were found.

SNIP

[kristinn]

CNN reports the duo is a man and woman. Video report at the link says they had "sniper-type" rifles.

At about 1:25 in the video they have close-ups of rifles and ammo clips.

[GOPJ]

The security seemed pretty lax considering what they have on that facility.

And that would be...

[GOPJ]

This type of checkpoint running is a very Middle Eastern tactic.

Do you mean the uniforms?

[VRWCTexan]

Will be more than interesting to learn their ID / nationality / religion -

....unless of course the whole event goes down the memory “worm-hole”

[kristinn]

I guess we’ll know more tomorrow.

[USAFJeeper]

DoD stickers were discontinued following 9/11. Only way yo get waved on is with a military ID. Vehicles are randomly stopped and searched.

Proper ID is either a CAC for active duty and civilian employees or retired and dependent IDs.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

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[Just Lori]

Not much there. Maybe tomorrow there will be more.

[Just Lori]

If those security barriers are anything like what we have at McChord, you BET they stopped the vehicle.

[Just Lori]

Not too bright, were they?