Slog - Comments on Wait, Now the Squirrels Are on Our Side? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side This story was reported today on the 700 Club (the only place I go for news, of course): Iranians arrest 14 squirrels for spying Islamic Republic's intelligence agents allege rodents were carrying advanced Western spy gear Iranian intelligence operatives recently detained over a dozen squirrels found within the nation's borders, claiming the rodents were serving as spies for Western powers determined to undermine the Islamic Republic. "In recent weeks, intelligence operatives have arrested 14 squirrels within Iran's borders," state-sponsored news agency IRNA reported. "The squirrels were carrying spy gear of foreign agencies, and were stopped before they could act, thanks... Copyright 2008 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:17:08 -0800 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:14:27 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Foamy the Squirrel has been drafted?

Who would have thunk ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765619 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:28:06 -0800 Comment by monkey Spider squirrel, spider squirrel, does whatever a spider squirrel does...

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765650 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:48:15 -0800 Comment by Phenics This here real life Secret Squirrel; I wish I could find that story, or white paper or something legit beyond the 700 club and a few heresay blogs. Sounds like propaganda hooey to me. Anyone got anything?

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765680 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765680 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:00:10 -0800 Comment by Special K i be in iran
steelin ur seecretz!

]]> Special K http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765695 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765695 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:10:48 -0800 Comment by fun shaped That squirrel pictured is all like "Dude, what's with the flash, MAN"

]]> fun shaped http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765711 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765711 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:22:39 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Yeah, he's undercover!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765718 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765718 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:31:11 -0800 Comment by infrequent just because they are spying doesn't mean they are spying for us.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765719 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765719 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:33:52 -0800 Comment by Nat As soon as Bush hears about this, Guantanamo will have to start hiring vets.

]]> Nat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765725 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:44:44 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale You'll never make me talk, coppas!

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765742 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765742 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:02:42 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Are you sure the original source isn't the Weekly World News? Squirrels arrested for espionage in Iran! Bat boy lives!

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765758 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765758 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:31:06 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I hear water torture if you're caught on a spy mission will drive you nuts.

Darn that Cheney for weakening torture provisions!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765761 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:34:20 -0800 Comment by pidgin How does one arrest a squirrel? Itty bitty handcuffs? Did they impound it's stash of nuts?
I seem to remember a story last fall in a Philly paper about the English declaring war on American gray squirrels. Apparently our bushy tailed little countryvermin were fucking up their even littler ponsy native reds. This coupled with those freaky black squirrels up north that throw shit, little bastards, leads me to err on the side of the Iranians. I don't trust 'em either. Violent wee fuckers, cept now they've gone all covert.

]]> pidgin http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765762 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765762 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:36:34 -0800 Comment by Gitai Okay, if after this story, Joe Lieberman or really, anyone, is still worried about the military threat Iran poses, they're as crazy as the mullahs who arrested those squirrels.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765785 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765785 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:23:33 -0800 Comment by Fluff Tail the Master of the Squirrels LOL!! You foolish humans!! This is all part of our master plan to make you complacent and vulnerable. We will make you think we are on the side of the Americans but really we were spying FOR OUR OWN PURPOSES!!! We have learned all we can about the American Military and now we are looking at all the other nations and their military might. Soon, we will disrupt every single defense measure in the world and then the thermonutular weapons will be unleashed on your cities.

Bow before your cute masters!! Kneel and kiss our fuzzy tails!! For those who survive, you will mine nuts to sait our desires, your children will work in nut roasting plants! A new order is coming!!!

]]> Fluff Tail the Master of the Squirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765812 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765812 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:22:02 -0800 Comment by ellarosa “The squirrels were carrying spy gear of foreign agencies, and were stopped before they could act"

this is the dead giveaway that this story is b.s. ok, you can send rodents in with spyware, get the images they inadvertently capture, via satellite, but what were they trained/intelligent enough to 'act' upon?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765855 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765855 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 22:15:05 -0800 Comment by K X One

Yer, killin me!

No source?!

How can I repost this without a source?

Damn you! Fix this!

(thanks!)


]]> K X One http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765869 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c765869 Media Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:04:21 -0800 Comment by dre nice nuts...

]]> dre http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c766327 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/wait_now_the_squirrels_are_on_our_side#c766327 Media Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:14:27 -0800