High-tech hobby sets off security turmoil at LAX

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Sunday, November 07, 2004

High-tech hobby sets off security turmoil at LAX

Geocaching, a game that combines GPS devices and scavenger hunting, raised red flags at the airport last week.
By Ian Gregor and Nick Green
Daily Breeze

Jay Furr was participating in a high-tech treasure hunt.

Police mistook him for a possible terrorist.

And so Furr's quick dash to Los Angeles International Airport last week turned into an hours-long ordeal that saw him spread-eagled against a police car, handcuffed, locked in a jail cell and interrogated by police and FBI agents, curious as to why a large, bearded man was lurking alone with a global positioning system in a secluded area near the state's top terrorist target.

"An airport perimeter the night before a national election is, evidently, a bad place to be found strolling blithely around with a GPS in hand," Furr wrote in an Internet posting.

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[PartyPooper]

1. I'll bet the "authorities" were frothing with orgasmic delight!

They just want to catch anyone who could possibly be a "terrorist"!

:scared:

[saigon68]

7. frothing with orgasmic delight

After kicking the shit out of a few passed out drunks and homeless people, these "Defenders" of liberty thought they had found the Big Lebowski.

Turns out they are still searching for Osama and his evil twin.

LOL

[pinniped]

2. Oh no!...a GPS system. The horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What the hell did they think was he doing? Getting the targetting coordinates for the Goldeneye EMP ( electro magnetic pulse ) weapon?

[uppityperson]

3. Did he have an almanac too?

Beware.

[blackcat77]

4. Same thing happened hire in IN last week

A guy hid a package under a railroad car. Somebody saw him and called the police and all hell broke loose. He later apologized.

[frylock]

5. i'll bet he had a thomas guide too..

oh, the horror. I used to love to take photos of industrial sites; factories, electric substations, trainyards and fr8s, bridges. I don't dare do that in this day and age. I'm afraid to even photograph buildings these days. :eyes:

[thecrow]

6. My freakin' cell phone has GPS

What are they gonna do now, prohibit cell phones at airports?
ahhhhhh.... I see now.... more money for the phone companies.
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