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Idiots. That's all I can say.
FBI warns of terrorists toting copies of Old Farmers' Almanac.
My country grows stranger by the day. The elderly Italian lady who
lives next door to me annotates her almanac to keep track of which moon
phases bode best for planting, thinning, or harvesting fresh back yard
arugula. Suspicious ways? She's definitely attempting to maximize the
likelihood of operational success through careful planning. If the
taste of the fresh, shared greens she drops off on my doorstep in brown
paper bags are any proof -- it's working.
The
FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying
almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering
everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for
terrorist planning. In a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about
18,000 police organizations, the FBI said terrorists may use almanacs
"to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning." It
urged officers to watch during searches, traffic stops and other
investigations for anyone carrying almanacs, especially if the books
are annotated in suspicious ways. "The practice of researching
potential targets is consistent with known methods of al-Qaida and
other terrorist organizations that seek to maximize the likelihood of
operational success through careful planning," the FBI wrote.
Link (Thanks, David!)
[Boing Boing Blog]
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