Sunday, June 27, 2004

Like the swallows returning to Capistrano and just in time for the 4th:
As the July 4 holiday approaches, Bush Administration officials are bombarding the nation's police, fire, emergency and corporate-security offices with another round of terrorism warnings. Although there are no plans to raise the threat level from yellow to orange, a senior Justice Department official says, "there's very serious intelligence that's corroborated, that's multiple sourced, that indicates that al-Qaeda is intent on hitting us and hitting us hard this year." The official concedes, however, that "we don't have specific information."

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Along with this now familiar general warning, the FBI has introduced the specter of a new terrorism threat: booby-trapped beer coolers. A lightly classified bulletin sent to 18,000 state and local agencies last week advised local authorities to look out for plastic-foam containers, inner tubes and other waterborne flotsam commonly seen around marinas that could be rigged to blow up on contact.
Be an alert citizen!! If you see anyone with a styrofoam beer cooler this Independence Day CALL YOUR LOCAL POLICE!!!

UPDATE AND EDIT: Tasteless, gratuitous picture removed upon request...
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