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FBI Issues Alert Against Almanac Carriers

As seen on Yahoo!...

WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning.

This is possibly one of the stupidest alerts in a very long line of stupid terror alerts. What's next? Arresting people for being able to read? For reading the wrong books?

"He was carrying a copy of the Qu'ran, your honour."

"Clearly Guilty. Send him to Guantanamo bay."

Update: There's a great discussion of this over at Teresa Nielsen Hayden's Site. (Have I mentioned how much I like that site?)

Posted by dave on December 30, 2003 03:23 PM.

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