A lolcat incident eh. ... I has isotopez ... On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:41 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anyone have first hand knowledge or leads for info on this? Sounds a little > "star trek" like to me, but plausible with a stretch I guess.... > > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/dannywestneat/2004300343_danny23.html > > Watch out, you're being watched > > Danny Westneat > > Seattle Times staff columnist > > <snip> > .... > > The unsettling thing about living in a surveillance society isn't just that > you're being watched. It's that you have no idea. > > That's what struck me about a story told last week by a border agent at a > meeting of 200 San Juan Islanders. He was there to explain why the federal > government is doing citizenship checks on domestic ferry runs.But near the > end, while trying to convince the skeptical audience that the point is to > root out terrorists, not fish for wrongdoing among the citizenry, deputy > chief Joe Giuliano let loose with a tale straight out of "Dr. Strangelove." > > It turns out the feds have been monitoring Interstate 5 for nuclear "dirty > bombs." They do it with radiation detectors so sensitive it led to the > following incident. > > "Vehicle goes by at 70 miles per hour," Giuliano told the crowd. "Agent is > in the median, a good 80 feet away from the traffic. Signal went off and > identified an isotope [in the passing car]." > > The agent raced after the car, pulling it over not far from the monitoring > spot (near the Bow-Edison exit, 18 miles south of Bellingham). The agent > questioned the driver, then did a cursory search of the car, Giuliano said. > > Did he find a nuke? > > "Turned out to be a cat with cancer that had undergone a radiological > treatment three days earlier," Giuliano said. > > ... > <snip> > > Michael P. Blanchard > Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE > Office of Information Security & Risk Management > EMC ² Corporation > 4400 Computer Dr. > Westboro, MA 01580 > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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