Reality would make a terrible novel, part N of many
Because it keeps doing things that would throw a reader out of the story with sheer disbelief at the ridiculous subplots.
For example:
British intelligence admits they hacked a terrorist magazine, by inserting garbled cupcake recipes into it.
The magazine is titled "Inspire":
Launched last June as a quarterly pdf, the original contents of Inspire’s first issue included a message from Osama bin Laden, a prayer list of imprisoned Muslims, and a news item on the death of Mustafa al-Yazid, as well as a handy how-to feature, titled “Open Source Jihad,” which offered would-be terrorists instructions on how to send and receive encrypted messages and “make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom”:
Can I make an effective bomb that causes damage to the enemy from ingredients available in any kitchen in the world? The answer is yes.
The CIA also believed the magazine is legit. Despite the name.
Well, maybe terrorists have been infiltrated by corporate-trained marketing shills, too.
http://www.ediblegeography.com/keep-calm-and-eat-cupcakes/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/02/british-intelligence-ruins-al-qaida-website
ETA: Further proof that this is all some Cosmic Joke, many of the comments following the Guardian article -are- worth reading.
Originally posted here: http://hrafn.dreamwidth.org/510906.html. Pick your poison and comment there.
For example:
British intelligence admits they hacked a terrorist magazine, by inserting garbled cupcake recipes into it.
The magazine is titled "Inspire":
Launched last June as a quarterly pdf, the original contents of Inspire’s first issue included a message from Osama bin Laden, a prayer list of imprisoned Muslims, and a news item on the death of Mustafa al-Yazid, as well as a handy how-to feature, titled “Open Source Jihad,” which offered would-be terrorists instructions on how to send and receive encrypted messages and “make a bomb in the kitchen of your Mom”:
Can I make an effective bomb that causes damage to the enemy from ingredients available in any kitchen in the world? The answer is yes.
The CIA also believed the magazine is legit. Despite the name.
Well, maybe terrorists have been infiltrated by corporate-trained marketing shills, too.
http://www.ediblegeography.com/keep-calm-and-eat-cupcakes/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/02/british-intelligence-ruins-al-qaida-website
ETA: Further proof that this is all some Cosmic Joke, many of the comments following the Guardian article -are- worth reading.
Originally posted here: http://hrafn.dreamwidth.org/510906.html. Pick your poison and comment there.