From the ArcaMax Publishing, News & Features Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/newsheadlines/s-103503-672202
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- U.S. Secret Service agents arrested a 32-year-old
woman who was sharpening a 13-inch machete outside the White House.
Passersby alerted police that the woman was sitting on the sidewalk,
and had pulled the blade out of a leather sheath and was sharpening it
on the edge of the sidewalk Sunday afternoon.
Secret Service spokeswoman Kim Bruce said the woman twice ignored
instructions to drop the blade and taunted the agent about shooting
her, CNN reported.
Ashwak Saleh was arrested and turned over to the Washington Metro
Police Department, and charged with possession of a prohibited weapon.