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An atomic physicist who worked at the European Organization for Nuclear Research for six years has been arrested on suspicion he had links to an Al Qaeda affiliate in North Africa. The unnamed man had been assigned to an analysis project for the organization, better known as CERN, since 2003, the group said in a press release …

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  1. Bogwater Tombola
    Boffin

    Gainfully employed, at last

    Go easy on the poor guy. His day job is smashing Hadrons together in the hope of finding Higgs' missing Boson. He probably just took a night job as a suicide bomber so his Mum could tell her friends he has a job with good prospects.

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  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Nothing new

    When I was at college back in the mid eighties a couple of guys at the college were arrested and deported because of their alleged links with terrorist organisations. Didn't get as much media attention back then though.

    The difference was IIRC these guys were Iranian. The current Iranian regime have never AFAIK received funding from the US government. Unlike Bin Laden, Saddam or the Taliban. So that's alright then.

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  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Re: Six degrees of Kevin Bacon

    "How many of us unknowingly have six degrees of separation from Al Qaeda?"

    When the government's IMP internet surveillance project is fully on stream everyone and their granny will be flagged up as 'terrists'. Guilt by association will be the only standard of proof required and the death sentence will be mandatory. Naturally, 'Honourable Members' and their corporate buddies will get a free pass.

    But not to worry, the security services will be too busy wading through the millions of false positives that occur to annoy the rest of us. And presumably they wont have much time to chase down the real threats to our country either. New Labour, same old shit.

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  4. Dodgy Geezer Silver badge
    Big Brother

    It's worse than that (Jim...)

    "...best delete all those "grow your penis now" and "if you send me £x ill pay you £million when i get it from wherever" spam mails, wouldnt want them to be considered links to terrorism now would you?.."

    James 68

    What! Delete them and be found guilty of hiding evidence, perverting the course of justice, etc, ect?

    Only MPs and the police can hide evidence and get away with it...

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  5. Grease Monkey Silver badge
    Coat

    If it's the CIA...

    ...then it's just that he once went on his holidays to north Africa. If only they could tell the difference between terrorist links and tourist links.

    It's the one with the Merkin-English dicitionary in the pocket.

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