Louis Freeh and False Alarms [RISKS]

[Reese]

In response to AW, it's very simple.  Some animals are not only more equal,
but more important than others.  Gee, that redundantly repeats itself.

Trivia file entry # 1:  In the land of the brave, home of the Freeh, there
are motion detectors in the basement.  Nice.  Squeak squeak.

At 05:33 PM 3/31/01 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:
 >Obviously this calls for wiretaps on Freeh's phones and email and
 >hidden cameras in his house to prevent future occurrences....
 >
 > From [risks] Risks Digest 21.28
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 >Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 13:57:54 -0500
 >From: Graystreak <wex at media.mit.edu>
 >Subject: Risks of self-induced false alarms
 >
 >http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38625-2001Mar7.html
 >
 >FBI Director Louis J. Freeh said he and his wife had been baffled by a
 >series of false alarms from the security system in their Great Falls area
 >home. Fairfax County police responded each time, but no suspects had been
 >nabbed.
 >
 >It seems that two of his six sons, then ages 5 and 4, had been amusing
 >themselves by making their 2-year-old brother run in circles in the basement
 >to set off the motion detector. "They would sit and watch for the police to
 >come," Freeh said.
 >
 >[AW notes: no discussion of why the motion detector was on in the basement
 >while the children were home, nor why the police didn't adopt a "call before
 >responding" policy after some number of false alarms.]
 >
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