VILNIUS - Security officials at the U.S. House of Representatives Cannon building in Washington, D.C., were more than spooked by the outline of a gun that appeared in a baggage screen on Oct. 30, one day before Halloween. Their concerns resulted in a massive alert that resulted in the first unscheduled shutdown of House debate since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the U.S.A. Police overtook the building and searched it armed in battle gear in a security scare that lasted two hours.The gun turned out to be a plastic revolver that had been brought by two staffers for Rep. John Shimku...
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