"The Chasers" APEC Prank

DucksNuts · 09-07-2007, 04:44 AM

Australian forums are running wild with this story.

Basically, The Chasers, a comedy team (link to wiki), set up a prank, where they faked a motorcade to gain entry into APEC restricted security area.

They were waved through 2 checkpoints and finally pulled over across from the hotel were dubya was staying.

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The convoy was pulled over in Macquarie Street in a block adjacent to the InterContinental Hotel, where US President George W. Bush is a guest during the APEC summit.

Licciardello was reportedly dressed as Osama bin Laden, causing further embarrassment to security forces.

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"A prank by a TV comedy crew has turned into an international incident and it could end up making a laughing stock of the entire (APEC) security machine," said a straight-faced Phillip Palmer, a newsreader on America's ABC TV network.

"$US160 million was spent to keep dignitaries safe, and a convoy of actors got within yards of President Bush's hotel."

I love this show, its hilarious.

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Today Tonite *cough*wankers*cough*

Griff · 09-07-2007, 06:07 AM

That was fantastic! Think about the resources that they spent on security and it was broken for next to nothing.

Clodfobble · 09-07-2007, 10:18 AM

Oh wow. Any word on if/when the cast and crew will be charged or released from prison yet?

queequeger · 09-07-2007, 12:09 PM

Or sent to Guantanamo bay...

tw · 09-07-2007, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Oh wow. Any word on if/when the cast and crew will be charged or released from prison yet?

Even their pass had words in large letters declaring their actions as a joke. The word 'joke' was written on that pass in large letters. The security people never even saw the word joke. Do they read English in Australia?

Incompetent people in positions of authority (actual or perceived) will take revenge when exposed as incompetent. Why do we have Guantanamo? Because most all prisoners were guilty of nothing. People who dissent or even look wrong must be punished. The whole world is watching? Send out big clubs to fix them who are so evil. Joke is on whom?

Flint · 09-07-2007, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

Joke is on whom?

Ummm...mental midgets?

tw · 09-07-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Ummm...mental midgets?

I suspect they were clowns - not midgets. The midget's act has gotten old these past seven years.

09-07-2007, 12:50 PM

Hilarious.

dar512 · 09-07-2007, 01:18 PM

The police chief who proclaims himself "not embarrassed" must be mental. They should thank these guys for showing them the flaws in their security procedures/people.

tw · 09-07-2007, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

They should thank these guys for showing them the flaws in their security procedures/people.

Like hackers do to Microsoft?

Flint · 09-07-2007, 03:50 PM

Yeah, Microsoft thanks them by giving them a job.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2007, 04:13 PM

Yabbut, you can't expect it to be perfect, they only spent $161 million on security.

Flint · 09-07-2007, 04:20 PM

All that money had them feeling pretty secure, huh? As they waved that motorcade right through the checkpoints, they were feeling invincible.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-07-2007, 04:27 PM

Maybe because the security contingent was so huge, everybody thought somebody must have checked these guys out. Everybody hair triggered to react to orders, but nobody actually thinking.

Clodfobble · 09-07-2007, 04:35 PM

Ah, a followup.

They've been released, no charges filed. Icing on the cake: they tried the same stunt again today, but since their original security passes with the word "JOKE" written across them were apparently too convincing, this time their cars were black cardboard boxes with paper plate wheels. They were, in fact, not let through the checkpoint this time.

09-07-2007, 06:07 AM	#2
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queequeger Hypercharismatic Telepathical Knight Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The armpit of the Universe... Augusta, GA Posts: 365	Or sent to Guantanamo bay... __________________ Hoocha, hoocha, hoocha... lobster.

09-07-2007, 01:18 PM	#9
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The police chief who proclaims himself "not embarrassed" must be mental. They should thank these guys for showing them the flaws in their security procedures/people. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-07-2007, 03:50 PM	#11
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Yeah, Microsoft thanks them by giving them a job. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-07-2007, 04:13 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yabbut, you can't expect it to be perfect, they only spent $161 million on security. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-07-2007, 10:18 AM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Oh wow. Any word on if/when the cast and crew will be charged or released from prison yet?

09-07-2007, 12:50 PM	#8
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Hilarious.

09-07-2007, 04:20 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	All that money had them feeling pretty secure, huh? As they waved that motorcade right through the checkpoints, they were feeling invincible. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-07-2007, 04:27 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maybe because the security contingent was so huge, everybody thought somebody must have checked these guys out. Everybody hair triggered to react to orders, but nobody actually thinking. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-07-2007, 04:35 PM	#15
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Ah, a followup. They've been released, no charges filed. Icing on the cake: they tried the same stunt again today, but since their original security passes with the word "JOKE" written across them were apparently too convincing, this time their cars were black cardboard boxes with paper plate wheels. They were, in fact, not let through the checkpoint this time.

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