Why Would You Break In to the Bureau of Labor Statistics?

That's just what somebody did Monday—at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Goldfinger it wasn't.
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In a rare twist, the first Friday of the month wasn't the most exciting day for the Bureau of Labor Statistics this time around.

On Monday afternoon, a man was seen creeping along a second-floor ledge of a BLS building in Washington, D.C. When federal officers arrived, the suspect was inside, having gained entry by breaking a window, according to BLS spokeswoman Megan Kindelan, who described the event as a "security incident."