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Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 8:20:27 AM

aviinterra

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I saw the link to this article on some other forum and burst out laughing, spilling my tea all over the desk.

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Like Hansel and Gretel hoping to follow their bread crumbs out of the forest, the FBI sifted through customer data collected by San Francisco-area grocery stores in 2005 and 2006, hoping that sales records of Middle Eastern food would lead to Iranian terrorists. The idea was that a spike in, say, falafel sales, combined with other data, would lead to Iranian secret agents in the south San Francisco-San Jose area. The brainchild of top FBI counterterrorism officials Phil Mudd and Willie T. Hulon, according to well-informed sources, the project didn’t last long. It was torpedoed by the head of the FBI’s criminal investigations division, Michael A. Mason, who argued that putting somebody on a terrorist list for what they ate was ridiculous — and possibly illegal.

So, how many of you posters out there have those nice keychain discount cards to the market? :)

http://cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=hsnews-000002620892

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 8:24:29 AM

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Great, another page in my FBI dossier.

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 9:18:19 AM

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ha, mine too- all those spices I like on my chicken are sure to put me in some unfavorable catagory. Humm...I guess I better not stock up on black beans, might get the immigration department on my ass...that is if they ever actually do move beyond the office cooler.

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 9:30:56 AM

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Psst. It's not the Falafel, it's the Tahini.

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 1:47:05 PM

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Across the desk at the local ICE office...

"Hey Fred, I got a 'Hummus Bi Tahini' on this bill of lading here...clearly an alias, upgrade to Condition Red!"

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 6:51:49 PM

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LOL. Good one.

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 8:10:17 PM

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Holy Fuck! Could our government be any more asinine?

I sometimes use those grocery store cards. If I can save a few bucks on chow I proudly whip out my card on which my name is prominently displayed: "Winston Smith."

The other info is equally accurate...

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/8/2007 10:43:48 PM

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ORIGINAL: aviinterra

So, how many of you posters out there have those nice keychain discount cards to the market? :)

I wear my Islamic headwear. I buy falafel. I buy hummus. I buy AK-47s and the kit to make it fully automatic.

I ask if they sell nitrate fertilizer and buy it by the truckload.

Keychain cards are so 1990 and I dont carry them.

I enter my ex-wife's home phone number.

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RE: Follow Falafel Trail - 11/9/2007 10:48:05 AM

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"I enter my ex-wife's phone number"

Thanks alot, Synergy......

<-------off to get her paper towels YET again!!!

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