Naked jogger nabbed after run near White House

[AsahinaKimi]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities say a man who took off his clothes and began jogging in near-freezing temperatures near the White House has been taken into custody and hospitalized for a mental evaluation.

The man was seen stripping Wednesday around 5 p.m. He left his clothes near the northeast corner of the Ellipse, the green space south of the White House.

Secret Service spokesman Darrin Blackford says the run lasted less than a minute before the man was apprehended. The president was at the White House at the time. But Blackford says the man, who left his clothing in a duffel bag, didn't make any threats. His bag was declared suspicious, but its contents were found to be harmless.

Temperatures were around 35 degrees.

It wasn't clear if the jogger would face criminal charges.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2010-01-07-naked-jogger-whitehouse_N.htm

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Sorry, no pics available.. :(

[KG]

1. 'Sorry, no pics available..' at 35F there probably wasn't much to see...

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. *super snarf*

[Subdivisions]

3. "There was shrinkage!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DoARSlv-HU

[Supply Side Jesus]

5. ummm...

Any reason for the Hammerskin symbol? If it isn't a Hammerskin logo, it's very close to it.

[Lilith Velkor]

14. It's from Pink Floyd's "The Wall"

If you haven't seen the film adaptation, I highly recommend it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Did he give an alias of "John Boner, minority leader"

[Better Today]

6. So people with guns can be in close proximity to where Obama is,

but a nude man cannot? Wow, that says so much about our uptight, Puritanistic society.

[gleaner]

10. Uh, yes ....

particularly when you consider that a nude person would have great difficulty concealing a weapon. Especially in 35 degree weather when there was shrinkage.

But those people at the town halls full of violent threats, and some with guns they're OK. Someone please explain this to me, because I really don't understand what the Secret Service is thinking on this.

[zbdent]

7. define "weapon" ...

[yodoobo]

8. My guess is that his bag had his clothes in it.

And TSA proably blew it up.

[havocmom]

9. Another one? Or am I stuck in some sort of time loop?

Oh, I see, the 'news' was posted five days, 7 hours ago. So, we've already been here, done this one.

[Bucky]

11. What kind of country do we live in if a naked jogger isn't even safe near the peoples' house?

The anti-nekkid terrorists have won.

[HopeHoops]

12. He was just trying to catch a plane.

[DemoTex]

13. In the 1970s he would have been labeled a streaker.