Time Warner Center, CNN Offices Evacuated for Second Time Due to 'Suspicious Package'

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The Time Warner Center in New York City, where CNN offices are located, was evacuated for the second time in two days after the New York Police Department responded to reports of a suspicious package on Thursday night.

 

 

The second incident took place one day after a suspicious package was found in the same building on Wednesday morning, according to the NYPD.

 

The initial package contained what seemed to be a "live explosive device," as well as an envelope with white powder, according to New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill.

 

The package was reportedly addressed to former CIA Director John Brennan, a source confirmed to CBS News senior national security analyst Fran Townsend. Brennan has made television appearances and works as an analyst for NBC News since retiring from a career in government.

 

"The situation at the Time Warner Center was clearly an act of terror attempting to undermine our free press and intimidate New Yorkers," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. "But the people of this city have shown time and again that they stand up in the face of terror."  

 

Newsweek will have more information on this story as it develops.

 

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[steven36]

NEW YORK (CBS) — UPDATE (9:00 p.m.):

 

Shortly before 9:00 p.m. Thursday, NYPD gave the all clear for the Time Warner Center in New York City after the bomb squad investigated a "pair of unattended packages."

 

The building, which houses CNN's headquarters, a mall and other businesses, was partially evacuated for about an hour before police gave the all clear.

 

An NYPD spokesman tweeted that the bomb squad gave the all clear on the packages. He also tweeted that the mall on the second and third floors was being re-opened

 

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