Coast Guard exercise revives 9/11 fear
 

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WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- A bad-timed exercise prompted international media to report a possible terrorist incident on the Potomac River on Friday, exactly eight years after the terrorist attacks on the United States.

CNN USA first reported that the Coast Guard had opened fire on a suspicious ship on the river, which was allegedly attempting to enter restricted waters near the Pentagon, just as President Obama's motorcade was passing-by.

"It was a Coast Guard exercise," a police spokeswoman told BNO News by phone. According to media reports, the Coast Guard fired fake bullets during the exercise.

But not only was it a bad-timed exercise in the heart of the U.S. capital, also CNN apparently jumped to report the incident when emergency services, during the exercise, discussed the fake incident on emergency scanners. Reporters on air were seen discussing the possibility of a terrorist attack and if an attack could have hit the Pentagon when the boat succeeded into the restricted area.

Later, CNN withheld reports from the Associated Press, which it regularly uses for its news reports, which stated that the Coast Guard confirmed there was an exercise.

The CNN reports were immediately picked up by other national media, and international media, including BNO News.

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