Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., leaves an underground garage of the U.S. Capitol complex after he and other Senate staff were quarantined during a security scare in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, Feb. 8, 2006. Eight senators were among 200 people who were held in a Capitol parking garage for three hours after a security sensor indicated the presence of a nerve agent in their office building.
U.S. Senate staffers leave 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, D.C., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. Lawmakers, aides and other personnel were evacuated as police conducted several tests before concluding that it was a false alarm.
A U.S. Capitol Police officer is shown outside the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., after it was evacuated after a security sensor indicated the presence of a nerve agent in the building Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006. "A subsequent test indicated it is not a nerve agent," said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider.
U.S. Senate staffers are seen 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, D.C., Feb. 8, 2006. Lawmakers, aides and other personnel were evacuated to the nearby garage as police conducted several tests before concluding that it was a false alarm.
Hazardous material personnel are seen outside the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., after a security sensor indicated the presence of a nerve agent in the building Feb. 8, 2006.
A U.S. Capitol Police officer stands outside of the Russell Senate Office Building after it was evacuated on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2006. The building was evacuated Wednesday night on a hazardous substance alert after police discovered a suspicious powder in its attic, authorities said.
An emergency worker stands before the Russell Senate Office Building Feb. 8, 2006, in Washington, D.C., after an alarm was triggered in the congressional complex indicating the presence of a nerve agent. The alarm prompted police to evacuate senators' offices and usher workers into a holding area located within a garage. The building is linked by an underground tunnel to the Capitol, which houses the U.S. Congress.