Note the coiled wires, and the fact thatthe Intellivision II was not that familiar a game console.
WTF
McGann was taken to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin where he was charged with possessing materials to make an explosive device, sheriff’s officials said. He was still in custody Friday night and could not be reached for comment.
McGann told Transportation Security Administration officers that he’s an artist and the watch is art, Nelson said.
OK this sounds like he was DELIBERATELY being stuid and yes I would charge him too
In this day and age we dont need people pretending to have the equipment to make a bomb- that’s just not funny and takes up a lot of valuable time- he should be charged to pay for all of that
The WATCH, ... I could have granted him some leeway... but the boots ‘modified’ to contain extra insoles just is ‘in your face’ asking for it.
Just another example of how we have given up our liberties for the perceived safety of the slave collar.
The man said he was an artist and that the Watch was a piece of art. I can believe that easily.
As far as being a bomb timer. Many digital watches with a audible tone can be configured that way too. At least if you can believe the Hollywood movies. ;)
I guess that they need to close every Radio Shack in the country,because everything needed to build a timer is right there on the shelf.
Not everyone gets art I guess.
Did you see that the watch had switches, wires and fuses and this part “While no actual explosives were found, McGann was carrying potentially dangerous materials and appeared to have made alterations to his boots, which were unusually large and stuffed with layers of insoles”. WTF kind of artist is he? Was this some sort of elaborate performance art or something more sinister? Weird story!
They'd pop off the crystal, pull off the minute hand, then put the crystal back on and thread a screw into it so the hour hand would hit it when it came around. One wire to the watch case, and the other to the screw.....
They determined he wasn’t making a bomb and wasn’t a threat, but charge him for having what is essentially a strange watch? “bomb making materials”?
Our law enforcement authorities are becoming dangerous and out of control at virtually every level. I hope he can get good lawyers and sue someone’s ass off over this. Probably can’t/won’t happen though....
This article has more details
http://palosverdes.patch.com/articles/weird-watch-leads-to-rpv-man-s-arrest#photo-first
It doesn’t sound quite right, something else is going on. I suspect he knew he’d get hassled. Performance art? Was he wired in some other way, video and audio? A “watch” with fuses on it? Apparently visible? What, did he have some sort of complex about his height with all the insoles? Had to know it would show up in the security scan.
I don’t like the TSA at all because the nature of the organization, but there actually are people who would love to blow up or crash an airliner again. Security measures are called for. That the measures we got appear to be largely a PC sham that harasses innocent grandmothers and such while letting individuals who fit the profile sail right through is why they’re so detested.
If it wasn’t some weird arty thing then he was making a dry run of sorts, that or he’s very libertarian and was attempting civil disobedience.
No photo’s of the watch?
I suspect that this man figured he could get some press by getting himself arrested.
He is a frustrated artist and figures it is worth spending a little time in jail so he can sell some of his art and get the attention he thinks he deserves.
So, what watch or cell phone can’t be used as a trigger?
And we are to believe TSA is making air travel safer ?
The guy needs to be charged with being a complete moron. What he did is no different than yelling fire in a crowded theater.
Probably just an artsy watch. If he’d been wearing robes and a turban they would have let him through for sure.
I’ve got a $12.88 watch from Wal-Mart.
I wonder if that’ll get me a beat down from TSA.
TSA are complete f*cking retards.