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Breaking: 'Hoax Devices' Found At Several Boston Locations (Several 'Suspicous Packages' Found)
Boston.com ^ | January 31, 2007

Posted on 01/31/2007 12:04:30 PM PST by Howlin

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To: theanonymouslurker

Perhaps. Or maybe trying to create a "cry wolf" scenario so the next real incident won't be taken seriously.


61 posted on 01/31/2007 12:18:53 PM PST by brwnsuga
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To: Howlin
Beacon Hill, Back Bay, etc., are the places they are concentrating on.

Hmmm . . . I wonder why all the rich guy places?

62 posted on 01/31/2007 12:19:21 PM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...

Logan does have a history.


63 posted on 01/31/2007 12:19:29 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: COBOL2Java

There comes a point at which you get a certain number of coincidences and they aren't that any more.


64 posted on 01/31/2007 12:20:01 PM PST by Bahbah (.Regev, Goldwasser & Shalit, we are praying for you.)
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Judge Eddie Munster saying that just the hoax could be subject to prosecution that can result in 20 years of prison time.


65 posted on 01/31/2007 12:20:17 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (An easy 10-team playoff based on the BCS bowls can be implemented by next year. See my homepage.)
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To: NHResident

Nah, putting a triforce on top of the Great Dome is the sort of thing MIT nerds do. They wouldn't do this kind of "prank".


66 posted on 01/31/2007 12:20:19 PM PST by NinoFan
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Photo found with device....flipping off the finder?


67 posted on 01/31/2007 12:20:25 PM PST by Kimberly GG (DUNCAN HUNTER '08.....lframerica.com.....MARCH TO TAKE BACK AMERICA)
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To: OCCASparky

I think two at Logan, and one each at Dulles and Newark.


68 posted on 01/31/2007 12:20:43 PM PST by jdm
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To: Howlin
Someone went thru a heck of a lot of trouble to plant the 4 devices. Wonder if they had security cameras in any of the sites?

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69 posted on 01/31/2007 12:20:50 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: Howlin

Practice?


70 posted on 01/31/2007 12:21:10 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: filbert

Maybe he did, but it sure sounded like he said "hooks."


71 posted on 01/31/2007 12:22:00 PM PST by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: Enchante

Depends on his politics.


72 posted on 01/31/2007 12:22:40 PM PST by ichabod1 ("Liberals read Karl Marx. Conservatives UNDERSTAND Karl Marx." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Semper Vigilantis
Exactly. in this case "hoax" = "practice". Maybe congress can convince them to paint them blue so the cops don't put up those stupid tapes and redirect our trips to the nearest Starbucks.

Not only practicing, but testing the system to observe how long it took to be reported, and what happened when it was. Terrorists can learn a lot from this, and with all the news coverage detailing the responses, this is an effective "dry run" for both the US authorities and the terrorists.

73 posted on 01/31/2007 12:23:04 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: Howlin
And near the hospital where you would take any injuries.

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Good point.

74 posted on 01/31/2007 12:24:49 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Howlin
My first thought was a dry run, but my next thought was the "Cry Wolf" syndrome. They are going to do this often enough so that people no longer pay much attention to it and thats when they will strike.

Too many Americans are almost at that point now, the last election was proof of that.

75 posted on 01/31/2007 12:25:27 PM PST by Post-Neolithic (Money only makes Communists rich Communists)
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To: jdm

I stand corrected.


76 posted on 01/31/2007 12:26:04 PM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: Howlin

...in liberal Boston Mass?....*agasp*


77 posted on 01/31/2007 12:26:28 PM PST by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: Howlin

?Testing the reaction of the new Governor??

I would think that terrorists consider MA to be an even "softer" target now... look at the Senators, Reps and now Governor from this place.


78 posted on 01/31/2007 12:27:11 PM PST by KEmom (Please send viable Republican candidates to Massachusetts!!)
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To: Judith Anne
"Terrorists can learn a lot from this, and with all the news coverage detailing the responses, this is an effective "dry run" for both the US authorities and the terrorists."

Both planes that hit the WTC took off from Boston Logan. IMO, this is not a punk kid's prank, but part of the war we are in.
79 posted on 01/31/2007 12:27:11 PM PST by DocRock (Nuke 'em till they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark)
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To: Howlin
I tivod it and went back. Shep clearly said "HOOKS" devices" and he emphasized the word "HOOKS"..and he said basically what they mean by this is "none of them would have exploded"..

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80 posted on 01/31/2007 12:28:24 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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