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Fire Strikes 902nd MI Group, Fort Meade
Oct 21st, 2006 at 11:19am
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On the afternoon of Friday, 20 October 2006, a six-alarm fire broke out at offices of the 902nd Military Intelligence Group, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) at 4554 Llewellyn Drive, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Among other things, the 902nd MI Group conducts polygraph interrogations. (It was a 902nd MI polygrapher who dubbed me "too hot of a potato.") Fortunately, everyone was able to evacuate the building safely. It is not known what impact this fire will have on the 902nd MI's polygraph operations.


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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.meade21oct21,0,6413...

Firefighter injured in blaze at Fort Meade
By Andrea Siegel
Sun Reporter
Originally published October 21, 2006

A fire fanned by gusty winds ripped through a building at Fort Meade yesterday that houses several military offices, including an intelligence unit with sensitive security material.

The area was evacuated shortly after the fire broke out, post officials said.

Firefighters from Prince George's, Howard and Anne Arundel counties and from Fort Meade responded to the six-alarm blaze at the fort in western Anne Arundel County.

The fire broke out sometime after 3 p.m. and produced billowing smoke that could be seen for miles. The blaze was brought under control by 8 p.m., officials said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation last night and a damage estimate was unavailable. One firefighter suffered a minor leg injury, officials said.

The building, Nathan Hale Hall, at 4554 Llewellyn Ave., is used by the 902nd Military Intelligence Group. The unit conducts counterintelligence, including the search for terrorists, according to the Associated Press.

The group, the Army's largest counterintelligence unit, was in the news earlier this year when the American Civil Liberties Union sued to obtain records that suggested the unit was keeping records of anti-war protests in the United States, the Associated Press reported.

The three-story, red brick building also houses an office that adjudicates security clearances, as well as a defense printing office, according to the wire service.

The fire appeared to be on the top floor and attic.

Officials did not say which department the firefighter worked for. But base spokesman Rich Lane said last night that strong winds hampered firefighters attempts to control the fire.

andrea.siegel@baltsun.com


A Fort Meade press release, along with video footage of the fire and an impromptu press conference, is available here:

http://www.ftmeade.army.mil/fire.html
  

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Re: Fire Strikes 902nd MI Group, Fort Meade
Reply #1 - Oct 21st, 2006 at 11:53pm
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Thank goodness everyone, including any polygraphers present, got out of the building safely.  I wish no harm upon anyone, even those involved in the business of quackery we know as polygraphy.  Those practitioners are poor, deluded souls (or fraudsters, in some cases), and I wish their conversion to the anti side of things...
  

Polygraphers escaped from among the evils of Pandora's box, which might have been an old analog polygraph... only God can tell whether you're lying or not, and He will judge you in His own time...
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