[opinionator]

I've noticed others purchasing large amounts of candy. Who should I call?

[grimalkin]

candy?? *sigh*

[JAWs]

What`s scary is that I was going to chew you out for not postig this under 'humor'.

[Heisenburger]

I can't imagine why anyone would buy large amounts of candy during late October. None whatsoever.

[Ozymandias Ghost]

I've been wondering when food contamination was coming ...looks like it is already being attempted.

[Salvation]

This is not funny. Remember the stories of kids (highschool) messing around with hypodermic needles putting stuff into apples about five years ago or so?

[Faraday]

If this gets a wide play in the press, look for a Million Mom March calling for nuking the Middle East back to the glass age.

[calypgin]

Between the email/internet Halloween mall rumors and this, the intent of the terrorists is to disrupt this holiday, making us all fearful to let children participate. Disruption of our lives and our economy. This amounts to yet another nuisance (along with the anthrax "nuisance", which has totally absorbed the media and our manpower) - meant to distract us? Like the anthill, if someone digs on one side, all the ants run to the point of attack, leaving the rest of the hill vulnerable.

IMHO, it's important that we start putting these things in perspective, lest we let our system by overrun by BS which will render us helpless against the next - and more deadly - move by our enemies.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Quote from the article... "Hackensack police took a report from Costco about the candy purchase at the Hackensack store at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday. The police then contacted the FBI."

"They told us to stay out of it," said Hackensack Police Chief Charles "Ken" Zisa.

The arrogance of the FBI lately is beginning to show, this is like the third or fourth story related to these events where the FBI has told the local LEO's to go to hell...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It might be a bit alarmist, but I don't think I'm going to let my kids bring any candy into our home from anywhere this Halloween.
Not so much because of this story, but just on general principles with what's been going on lately.

[Hillary 666]

I just bought a bunch of candy for Halloween, too. I guess the mod squad will show up on my doorstep any time now.

[Stefan Stackhouse]

Another angle to this I have not seen mentioned:

Remember those reports of Palestians, etc. celebrating in the streets on 9/11? I seem to recall that there was a mention that part of the celebration involved giving away lots of . . . CANDY

Hmmmmmmm. . .

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

700-Pound Twinkie Stolen From Local Warehouse.

Hackensack, NJ. 10:40 p.m. EDT October 20, 2001 - Investigators are searching for a 700-pound Twinkie that was discovered missing from a northeast Hackensack quickie store Wednesday afternoon.

The Bureau of Underwater Basket Weaving has also joined the investigation as a precaution in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

The Twinkie belonged to the storeowner Ahmed Ibrahim Mughassil Ali Saed bin Ali Houri Ibrahim Salih Mohammed Yacoub Abdelkarim Hussein Mohammed Nasser and his brother Fred. They were stolen sometime between Saturday and Tuesday night from Ahmed’s Truck Stop at North Beltway 8 and Lockwood.

Bureau agents said that the Twinkie is considered harmless, but are curious as to its whereabouts due to the upcoming Halloween Holiday.

Investigators told Freeper News that they don't believe this incident is terrorist-related, but they are taking it seriously because of the size of the Twinkie that was stolen.

They have gathered some evidence from the scene, but they have no leads at this time. What worries investigators is that the suspects will have the ability to consume all of the Twinkie.

The company said that they reported incidents like this in the past, but investigators are on heightened alert since the attacks.

[sockmonkey]

If candy were somehow tainted, distributed to a network, who in return, either handed it out, or placed bags on store shelves, heck they could just leave it in a basket in the store, and it would make it's way back to the shelf, they could do horrible damage to us.
Pre 9/11, I wouldn't have thought such creatures existed, but now I wouldn't put anything beyond what certain people are capable of doing, and doing it with glee.

[Hildy]

Think of this unbelievable scenario...They buy the candy, then spike it, return it and other people buy it. Oy Vay. I'd be interested to know what kind of candy. There's alot of candy that would be easy to open and then close back up.

[jws3sticks]

I did not see this on the string, but Trick or Treaters beware!

[APBaer]

"Large candy purchases investigated by FBI"

Perhaps it's "Chester the Molester"?

[SEA]

2 Arabic guys bought more than $35,000.00 dollars worth of candy, in Wayne $15,000.00 & in Hackensack $20,0000.00. After they left they found out their Costco i.d was fake

Question for the "Justice, not Revenge" crowd: What should we do with people who mail deadly diseases to people and who have, appearantly, a plan to poison your children next week?

My answer: the Arabic language should become the official language of Hell.

[I'm ALL Right!]

ping!

[danzaroni]

Carroll said it would be premature to draw conclusions about the purchaser's intent for the candy

In other words, a premature conjecturelator.