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Insider tip: The walls have doors

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 Reuters – RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor (L) takes her seat for …

Wondering how police officers got the protesters out of the room so quickly? Turns out the wooden panels lining the sides of the chamber aren't all solid. The ones at the rear open into hallways. Officers popped these open and shoved the protesters out, without needing to hoist them over rows of people.

-Laurie Kellman, AP reporter, Congress