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

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

>  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.

Was it by any chance, hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate?

>   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....
>
>   <off soapbox> 
>
>
> Michael P. Blanchard 
> Antivirus / Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
> Office of Information Security & Risk Management 
> EMC ² Corporation 
> 4400 Computer Dr. 
> Westboro, MA 01580
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie
> Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:00 PM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: Re: [funsec] "michael chertoff reassured people things would only go so far"
>
> -- Paul Vixie <paul () vix com> wrote:
>
> > "I don't see us moving to a total ban on hand baggage at this point"
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060813/ap_on_re_us/terror_plot_security_6
>
> Let's hope so.
>
> On a related point, I ran across this just a few minutes ago:
>
> [snip]
>
> As the British terror plot was unfolding, the Bush administration
> quietly tried to take away $6 million that was supposed to be spent
> this year developing new explosives detection technology.
>
> Congressional leaders rejected the diversion of funds, the latest in a
> series of Homeland Security Department steps that have left lawmakers
> and some of the department's own experts questioning the commitment to
> create better antiterror technologies.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14333164/
>
> I guess we can all feel (fear?) better now. :-)
>
> - ferg
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg(at)netzero.net
>  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
>
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