RE: "michael chertoff reassured people things would only go so far"

[Blanchard_Michael () emc com]

Yah, I realize that all the info is readily available on the i-net....  But
blasting it all over CNN and the papers just gives people the idea to search
for it whereas they probably wouldn't have searched for it if they didn't
see it on TV.

 


Michael P. Blanchard 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dude VanWinkle [mailto:dudevanwinkle () gmail com] 
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:55 PM
To: Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
Cc: fergdawg () netzero net; funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] "michael chertoff reassured people things would only
go so far"

On 8/13/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
> Coincidence?
>
>  Last week CNN reported "kids" yes under the age of 13 I believe the three
were, creating "peroxide bombs" and setting them off in their driveway.  CNN
even went so far as to state the three items the kids were mixing together
in a plastic soda pop bottle and letting explode in their driveway.
>   They were arrested and sent to juvenile hall awaiting trial for a Felony
Juvenile offense.
>   NOW...
>
>   We have 21 people arrested for doing the same thing and wanting to blow
up planes with the same bombs....
>   Was this terror act really being planned for years?  Or was it being
planned for a week after they saw it on CNN and decided that it would be a
good thing to try out to kill a bunch of people?
>   The media certainly takes things too damned far if you ask me.  They
certainly didn't have to mention EXACTLY what those kids were mixing and
EXACTLY (almost) where to find the instructions to do the same thing....



Yeah, I cant believe people would just have this kind on information
just lying around for people to read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone_peroxide

Dont people understand that knowledge is dangerous? I think rather
than trying to make sure we dont deserve to be blown up, we should
just keep the serfs from learning to read.


Just yankin yer chain :-)

-JP

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