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Smee
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 Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:24 am Post subject: Aqua Teen Hunger Terrorism |
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BOSTON - Several illuminated electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare into the city Wednesday in what turned out to be a publicity campaign for a late-night cable cartoon. Most of the devices depict a character giving the finger.
Peter Berdovsky, 27, of Arlington, and Sean Stevens, 28, of Charlestown, were each charged Wednesday night with one count of placing a hoax device and one count of disorderly conduct, state Attorney General Martha Coakley said.
The two men worked together to place the devices, Coakley said in a news release announcing Stevens' arrest.
Highways, bridges and a section of the Charles River were shut down and bomb squads were sent in before authorities declared the devices were harmless.
Turner Broadcasting, a division of Time Warner Inc. and parent of Cartoon Network, said the devices were part of a promotion for the TV show "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," a surreal series about a talking milkshake, a box of fries and a meatball.
Authorities are investigating whether Turner and any other companies should be criminally charged, Coakley said.
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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khyber
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Location: Compunction Junction
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mindmetoo
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:49 am Post subject: |
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Some kids placed Super Mario question boxes around their town about a year ago and got arrested as terrorists.
"Terrorist" is the new "commie" |
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RACETRAITOR
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:59 am Post subject: |
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I watched Fox News coverage of it on TVU while it was happening, and their legal expert and news anchor were projecting five counts of "Obstruction of Justice" at twenty years per charge...
It did cause a huge mess, and there will probably be civil actions that try to reach Ted Turner's deep pockets (since Turner Broadcasting was the parent company of the cable channel connected to the badly executed ad campaign ...) |
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dogshed
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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"Turner said the devices have been in place for two to three weeks in nine other American cities as well"
It took two weeks for counter terrorism to notice? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| On CNN today, I saw the DA trying to argue that they intended to place bomb like devices around bridges. There really is no evidence the two poor guys arrested intended to place hoaxed bombs or create a bomb scare. The city wasted huge amounts of tax dollars blowing up small billboards and now they're going to waste more tax dollars in court. |
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