Re: Is the DHS chasing after tin-foil hat Internet rumors?

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 7/14/07, Richard M. Smith <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A friend of mine found a Google referring URL in his server logs for this
> search string:
>
>    The coming terrorist anthrax attack on los angeles
>
> The interesting thing is the search was done from IP address belonging to
> the DHS.
>
> I repeated the Google search and found this questionable Web page:
>
>    http://boozers.fortunecity.com/avery/392/bioterror/bioterror.htm

I agree with your assessment of this web page. The author lists
Botulism as a possible biological weapon to drop on L.A., ignoring the
fact that half of L.A. citizens have already hired someone to inject
it into their bodies.

> What's up at the DHS?

Something half-baked, pointless, stupid, and costly that involves
airline passengers or data mining.

-JP<who uses data mining to find pointless, stupid, and half baked ideas>
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