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Bush's Watch Stolen?
Watch this video very carefully; it’s President Bush working the crowds in Albania. At 0.50 minutes into the clip, Bush has a watch. At 1.04 minutes into the clip, he had a watch.
The U.S. is denying that his watch was stolen:
Photographs showed Bush, surrounded by five bodyguards, putting his hands behind his back so one of the bodyguards could remove his watch.
I simply don’t see that in the video. Bush’s arm is out in front of him during the entire nine seconds between those stills.
Another denial:
An Albanian bodyguard who accompanied Bush in the town told The Associated Press he had seen one of his U.S. colleagues close to Bush bend down and pick up the watch.
That’s certainly possible; it may have fallen off.
But possibly the pickpocket of the century. (Although would anyone actually be stupid enough to try? There must be a zillion easier-to-steal watches in that crowd, many of them nicer than Bush’s.)
EDITED TO ADD (6/12): This article says that he wears ar $50 Timex. It also has some more odd denials.
EDITED TO ADD (6/13): In this video, from another angle, it seems clear that Bush removes the watch himself.
Schneier Talk at Macalester College
On April 3, I gave a talk at Macalester College titled “Counterterrorism in America: Security Theater Against Movie-Plot Threats.” The audio and video of the talk are online.
How Australian Authorities Respond to Potential Terrorists
Watch the video of how the Australian authorities react when someone—dressed either as an American or Arab tourist—films the Sydney Harbor Bridge and a nuclear reactor.
The synopsis: The Arab is intercepted within three minutes both times, while the U.S. tourist is given instructions on how to get inside the nuclear facility.
Moral for terrorists: dress like an American.
By the way, Lucas Heights is a research reactor. It produces medical isotopes and performs research, and doesn’t produce power.
Citizen-Counterterrorist Training Video
From the Michigan State Police. The seven signs, according to the video:
Surveillance
Elicitation
Tests of security
Acquiring supplies
Suspicious people who “don’t belong”
Dry runs/trial runs
Deploying assets or getting into position
I especially like the scenes of concerned citizens calling the police. Anyone care to guess what the false alarm rate would be if everyone started making phone calls like this?
Terror-Fighting Dolphins and Sea Lions
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Birth Video
Amazing video of squid giving birth.
Marx Brothers on Security
Count the security lessons: bad password management, protocol failures, poor authentication, check fraud, and—I suppose—an attack made possible by poor bounds checking. What else?
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.