[Southack]

"I heard this on Friday and have been waiting to see if it got picked up anywhere. So far, total silence in the news media. A "caller" to the Rick Roberts show by the name of Sean claimed to be a firefighter in San Diego County. He said he gets email alerts directed to emergency service and law enforcement personnel (he wouldn't say who sends them, but the Department of Homeland Security would seem to be a logical source), and that he had just received one that three men of Arab descent had been apprehended..."

Lesson Number One in Hoax Email Detection: If a single source isn't clearly identified, and if there is a "trail" of people and organizations and methods required to deliver the message...then it is ALWAYS a hoax.

[John Jorsett]

Lesson Number One in Hoax Email Detection: If a single source isn't clearly identified, and if there is a "trail" of people and organizations and methods required to deliver the message...then it is ALWAYS a hoax.

If you're saying that I'm the hoaxer and that I didn't really hear it, I have an MP3 recording of it. I can put it on a server and let you and anyone else interested listen for yourself. If you're saying that the "caller" was a hoaxer, I noted that his story was unconfirmed and therefore suspect in my initial posting.