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...With reporting by John F. Dickerson and Karen Tumulty/Washington
...Dickerson: Those were the people on the White House tour - it's standard procedure to get everyone out in case of an emergency...
...Dickerson: Ari [Fleischer] didn't seem to know if the tax families were still around. Some of them might have been, but they'd finished their official visit. The weird thing is that we were all out on the South Lawn this morning for the presentation, and this guy was captured on the southernmost point of the lawn, where people line up to look at the White House - you can get the best view of the building from there. It makes you wonder, though: Could someone with a handgun get a clear shot from that angle...
...Dickerson: Yes, he was just beyond the fence on E Street, which, unlike the chunk of Pennsylvania Avenue that runs right in front of the White House, is rarely closed...
...Dickerson: It's hard to say. But President Bush has been known to run around the outdoor track that loops around southernmost point of the lawn, right about where the gunman was captured. So it will be interesting to see if he heads back out there again, or sticks with his usual workout routine - inside...