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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. Re:Should read... by Dimentox · · Score: 0, Troll

    What gets me is liberal people bash bush when he is more liberal than some democrats. On the note of the jaming... Wht would you jam the signals? I mean common.. The thing i have learned about people is if they are going to do something there is hardly a way to stop them if they are really intent on it.

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    string sig = llGetSig("dimentox"); llSay(0,sig);
  2. STANDING ORDER to blessed martyr-saint: . . . by Xojo · · Score: 0, Troll
    . . . push the button when the helicopter is directly over the device.

    The president's motorcade will be shadowed by a helicopter equipped with signal-jamming equipment.
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    Regards, -- Chris Johansen