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Police: All Tests for Nerve Agent Negative

Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:06:03 PM
By LARA JAKES JORDAN

U.S. Senate staffers are seen quarantined inside a parking garage in the U.S. Capitol Complex after being quarantined there after a security sensor indicated the presence of a nerve agent at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. Lawmakers, aides and other personnel were evacuated to the nearby West Legislative Garage as police conducted several tests before concluding that it was a false alarm.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)WASHINGTON (AP) - At least nine senators were among 200 people herded into a Capitol parking garage Wednesday night after a security sensor indicated the presence of a nerve agent in their office building. Later tests proved negative.

"Test results have been cleared and all test results are negative, so that's very good news," said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.

The all-clear came three hours after an air-monitoring sensor indicated a suspicious substance in the attic of the Russell Senate Office Building. It initially tested positive as a nerve agent.


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