"An expert on civilian aviation at the US Air Forces who wishes
to remain anonymous said: '35,000 people alone work in the Congress
building. The quick response for the evacuation of the large number
of employees from the building in the shortest possible time was
tested. Furthermore, the reactions of people, the panic, their
knowledge of emergency exists and which the files were taken during
the evacuation were observed in the test.'"
Source: Turkey's Cihan News Agency, claiming last
Wednesday's Washington ADIZ incursion -- in which an aircraft
approaching within three miles of the White House forced the
evacuation of the executive mansion, Capitol and Supreme Court --
was a test conducted by the DHS to evaluate readiness at each of
those government institutions.