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Bush Causes Cell Phone Ban

Posted by kdawson on from the security-through-headlines dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When President George Bush visits Sydney, Australia for the APEC Summit in September, all cell phone calls within the radius of a football field will be suppressed. The president's motorcade will be shadowed by a helicopter equipped with signal-jamming equipment. Terrorists have used mobile phones to detonate remote-controlled bombs in Iraq and elsewhere in the world." There are other ways to detonate explosives remotely. Doesn't seem like the smartest thing to let potential enemies know of such plans in advance.

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  1. Should read... by Magada · · Score: 5, Funny

    Title should read "Al-Qaeda scare causes widespread FUD in US and Aussie govts".

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    1. Re:Should read... by xENoLocO · · Score: 4, Funny

      Remember. The terrorists are not winning.

      *jedi hand movement*

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    2. Re:Should read... by Anonymous+Brave+Guy · · Score: 5, Funny

      So yeah, ten points for a great idea, but try and think like a terrorist, and then how would you defend against that.

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      “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” — George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., 5 August 2004

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  2. Helicopter by MECC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will people be able to hear anything he says in the open with a helicopter overhead?

    Oh wait that's right - it won't matter.

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  3. 911 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Help, i need the police! The presidents motorcade is approaching and I can see a sni.. hello? hello?!

  4. Re:A more useful application by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    No way. Then theaters will have to pay millions upgrading audio systems to drown out the helicopters.

    I say we just punch the fuckers.

  5. American or Australian? by eck011219 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that an American football field or an Australian Rules football field?

    Seriously, though, can't we just use yards or meters? I don't know about other countries, but here in the U.S. we spend more mental energy envisioning big rotating or end-to-end football fields around or next to things.

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  6. Re:"Movie plot" security by AdmiralWeirdbeard · · Score: 5, Funny

    "PPS: How till this prevent suicide bombers, etc.?"

    Homicide bombers, please.
    When you dont use the Bush-approved propaganda buzzwords, the terrorists win.
    And God kills kittens. Thousands of kittens each time.
    Think of the kittens.

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