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

[J.D. Zamfirescu]

Oh man, I bet Geoff is really, really mad.

I hope he sues the TSA into oblivion for (basically) inventing a reason to
arrest him. Can we find a judge who'll be sympathetic?


On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 12:46 PM, rusty lindgren <rustylindgren at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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