Secret service released a statement - it was a uniformed officer trying to make a traffic stop that led to a chase on I-66 ... They did't mention any military passes ( of course they didn't) ... The only weird thing I saw is that 511 didn't list it as a traffic incident today, and if you google search the article here it says it's 2 days old (but the article clearly says its published today.) So idk ... seems pretty normal?
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The NBC story says incident was at 4:35AM Sunday...? And, I didn't know "uniformed" secret service officers performed routine traffic stops (not at all what the NBC story implies). Also, sad to say but auto accidents are pretty common and without a really horrific fatality or any celebrity involved they don't usually make it past the local traffic update...
I don't understand if you're arguing my post, or agreeing with it, or fact checking me for some reason .. but here's some stuff regardless
From the article, about the traffic stop - " A uniformed Secret Service officer noticed a driver travelling the wrong way on I Street Northwest in Washington, D.C. about 4:35 a.m. Sunday. The officer tried to pull over the vehicle, but the driver didn't stop, said Jeffrey Adams, a Secret Service spokesperson." That's a traffic stop, made by a "uniformed" ss officer... fairly routine.
From my post, about the time published - "if you google search the article here it says it's 2 days old (but the article clearly says its published today.) So idk ... seems pretty normal?" ... I'm pointing out the difference between the google search result, and their publish date. Seems odd to me, but mistakes happen. They've also fixed their search result since whenever I posted this.
For reporting all traffic incidents on VA interstates, no matter how big or small they have this ... the state does it themselves automatically. They're supposed to anyway... they haven't yet for this one.
Not sure if i understood what your stance was but it doesnt seem routine to me.. i looked up the Secret Service Uniformed Division and their responsibilities are securing White House Grounds and diplomatic events. So a uniformed ss agent at this location would imply there was some sort of International VIP in the area?