Australian Comedy Group Prods APEC Security 244
ajdlinux writes "Members of the Australian comedy group The Chaser were arrested today after attempting to breach security at the APEC Leaders Conference in Sydney. Chas Licciardello and Julian Morrow were arrested, along with nine crew members (all are now free on bail), just a short distance away from the InterContinental Hotel where President Bush is staying. They had already cleared at least two police checkpoints, according to CNN, disguised as a Canadian motorcade. 'No particular reason we chose Canada,' said Taylor. 'We just thought they'd be a country who the cops wouldn't scrutinize too closely, and who feasibly would only have three cars in their motorcade — as opposed to the 20 or so gas guzzlers that Bush has brought with him.'" CNN has a photo of Licciardello, dressed as Osama bin Laden, being arrested.
Downer on the comedy group's motives (Score:4, Interesting)
unparalleled hypocracy (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Previous pranks (Score:5, Interesting)
"How Australian Authorities Respond to Potential Terrorists
Watch the video of how the Australian authorities react when someone -- dressed either as an American or Arab tourist -- films the Sydney Harbor Bridge and a nuclear reactor.
The synopsis: The Arab is intercepted within three minutes both times, while the U.S. tourist is given instructions on how to get inside the nuclear facility.
Moral for terrorists: dress like an American.
By the way, Lucas Heights is a research reactor. It produces medical isotopes and performs research, and doesn't produce power."
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/04/how
The video can be found here
http://youtube.com/watch?v=McB9tsabPn0 [youtube.com]
Whitehouse Response (Score:1, Interesting)
The White House was not amused Thursday by the antics of an Australian comedy group that breached President Bush's security in Sydney.
Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino had few details on the incident, but Australian press reported that 11 members of the troupe "The Chaser's War on Everything" had been charged with entering a restricted area.
See the rest of the article at:
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/white-house-m
Re:Major embarassment (Score:3, Interesting)
What are the reasons the assassination is being plotted? Voices in your head?
I live in a world where the CIA tried to kill Castro several times, simply because he took back his country from gangsters. Castro was doing what he thought right. So did the CIA.
Here in my country of Canada, we haven't had a Prime Minister assasinated, or even attempted. None have been worthy enough, before or since Trudeau. My Provincial Premier was even the kind of guy was even the kind who drove himself around town in his car. Unescorted. You could walk up to him on the street, and shake his hand or chew him out. But he was high enough in the approval ratings not to worry about his safety.