[sudoroom] Artist with "strange watch" arrested at Oakland Airport

[rusty lindgren]

Now that we're creeping a bit.  He is the guy that came up with the "Just
Do it" campaign as the writer and creative director.

This guy is all corporate.  How stupid were they to do that?  I smell a...
lawsuit.

Dang.

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:24 PM, Patrik D'haeseleer <patrikd at gmail.com>wrote:

> Did you see the latest airport security paranoia cluster fuck?
>
>
> http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2012/11/16/oakland-airport-passenger-arrested-after-device-found-at-checkpoint/
>
> http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/crime-law/man-strange-watch-arrested-oakland-airport/nS8dY/
>
> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/17/man_with_strange_watch_arrested_at_oakland_airport/singleton/
>
> Some poor guy, wearing an "ornate watch" - probably a steampunk or (heaven
> forbid!) nixie watch - just got arrested at the Oakland airport. They
> called in the bomb squad and everything, which of course didn't find
> anything wrong. So rather than admitting they screwed up, they arrested him
> on grounds that his watch could be used to make a timing device for the
> explosives that he wasn't carrying. Oh, and he was wearing boots too. And
> he may have gotten a little defensive after being accused of being a
> terrorist bomb maker.
>
> Based on his "WTF, is this really happening?" mugshot, it looks to be this
> guy:
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/geoff-mcgann/14/204/765
>
> So if you see anything on the news tonight about a terrorist being
> arrested at the Oakland airport with bomb making equipment, don't be too
> surprised...
>
> And don't wear any watches that can be used as timing devices next time
> you need to catch a flight...
>
> Patrik
>
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