Stupidity has consequences. We ALL have to be circumspect about the things we say or do, regardless. As the result of terrorism and 9/11, communications of all types are being monitored.
The Brits may have been "joking", but they were "joking" in VERY poor taste. What would happen if 2 Americans went to Britain and tweeted that they were going to "destroy Britain and dig up Churchill"? Does anyone think that Scotland Yard wouldn't be waiting to greet them at the arrival gate?
The two are idiots and were treated appropriately. This issue is the same as the "joke" of yelling "Hi, Jack!" in an airport. The TSA will be on you faster than a buzzard on a garbage wagon!!
Words fail me.
Oh good grief.....
Well I sure feel safer, don’t you?
Let me guess what happens next: The DHS calls in the FBI, and the FBI sends in a forensics team which spends 15 hours searching the guy’s hotel room and rental car looking for evidence that he is in possession of Marilyn Monroe’s mortal remains?
I found it encouraging that we’re actually detaining Mexican drug dealers!
Who knew that protection of Marilyn Monroe’s corpse fell under TSA’s purview?
I guess they have to justify 110,000 unionized TSA employees somehow.
Well, my buddy’s being doing it right. He tweets everytime “Obama is a douchebag” but at least he doesn’t tweet “I hope Obama d***”.
I am utterly amazed at how many Freepers are making light of this. People who have no qualms supporting our best and finest to fight and die for our right to say what we please, have no problem with people getting thrown in jail by an ever freedom-encroaching and tyrannical Administration over a harmless tweet.
We should be throwing in jail the real people that are now actively and truly DESTROYING this country who actually LIVE HERE and call themselves AMERICAN CITIZENS!!!
He should have some funny stories to tell his buddies at home about his trip to America.
“...and then this big burly dude with TSA says, ‘Bend over and spread, funny man.’ Then I got to spend some time with an Engish speaking Mexican who had been framed for smuggling heroin in to the US via his digestive track....”
All your Tweets are belong to us!
They should have said that they were Muslims and that they were being discriminated against.
Like the Secret Service, DHS does not have a sense of humor.
What bothers me is how an obscure Twitter post (what exactly is the purpose of Twitter?) was flagged and connected to these two. So, I assume every communication including phone calls are being examined by the NSA’s colossal computer network??? Rather scary.
They said that they were searched for shovels? This sounds bogus, since Marilyn Monroe is in a crypt. I’m sure the DHS would know that.
If this is a warning as to what will merit a homeland security detention, we are all screwed. The Gestapo is upon us.
I swear, these people think Mohammed Atta would have Tweeted, “Gotta go, gonna fly an airplane into the WTC now, wish me luck.”
OK!
If there are any of the FAT BEATCH's (Big Sis) Dept of Homeland [IN]Security's Jack-Booted-Thugs monotoring this site, I have a few choice words for you:
[Please] "Kiss my arse!"
Oh, and come and find me if you can, cuz I'm done flying due to mostly morons working for the TSA in Airports.
Great. The authorities can arrest you, deport you, imprison you without you even actually committing a crime anymore. Progress indeed!