NYPD on lookout for terrorist takeover of TV outlets (Operation Atlas)

Associated Press | March 19, 2003 | Tom Hays

[hobbes1]

The Real Ones do.

[dalebert]

Why are these stations not paying for their own security?They are in business for profit.

[First_Salute]

Excuse me ... the terrorists are already inthe studios.

[First_Salute]

No.

[Redcloak]

Answer: They would would look more swarthy.

Have you ever seen Sean Penn or Julia Roberts before they've shaved?

[Snowy]

Psst... Here's a clue, NYPD. Tune in to the Oscar's.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Alas, I fear the NYPD is too late. (Perhaps, up to 40 years too late.)

[jimt]

This is incredibly stupid.

Terrorists take over a station?

Shut off the power.

[Let's Roll]

"Question: How would we know the difference between terrorists spouting anti-American propaganda on a hijacked station versus the usual Hollywood types spouting anti-American propaganda on a non-hijacked station?"

Good point - maybe those stations were hijacked months ago - how could we tell?

[finnman69]

Why bother hijacking a studio when CNN will play the tape AND grant an interview.

[null and void]

Only if you have the right glasses...

[Grampa Dave]

Not to worry!

The Rat Terrorist/Lunatic Left have been charge of ABCNNBCBS for decades!

Why would al Qaeda waste men, money and time taking over something they all ready control?

Next they will be warning us that al Qaeda will sieze the DNC and the NY Slimes.

[NY.SS-Bar9]

Too late, Katie Couric is already on the air.

[amused]

LOL!

[tracer]

Al Roker is no longer a donut disposal unit, having undergone a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass last December. The man is looking better and beter as the weeks go by.

God bless him with a safe and permanent victory over the hell that is morbid obesity...

[tracer]

They do, but a privateer's obtaining the necessary documents for packing awesome firepower in NYC is a daunting process, so we should be happy to let the cops do their job at the expense of one of the great gun-grabbing capitals of America and the subjects therein.

OTOH, Imus and Stern, as they gleefully remind us on a daily basis, do carry Glocks of their own. But, then, they and other noteables should be more equal than the peasants in their fair city.... /sarcasm

[tracer]

You can obtain some very sticky stickers bearing the image of a metal screw.

These can be used on other obnoxious bumper stickers, such as "I love my cat" or "NY," or "my dog," "my grandkids," etc.

The mark usually doesn't know that he has been "stickered" until he has entertained thousands of his friends, neighbors, and complete strangers..

I've never done this, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn....

[doug from upland]

If the terrorists took over CBS, NBC, and ABC, how would we tell the difference?

[Billthedrill]

Twenty minutes into the program we'd get a pledge break. Zoom in to a closeup of Osama declaiming "if PBS doesn't kill the infidel and cause the downfall of America, who will?" The phones will ring off the hook...

[Alouette]

The New York Police Department has stepped up security outside major television news outlets in Manhattan to prevent possible takeovers by terrorists who may want to broadcast anti-American messages.

Too late.