The Hindu : Security and stupidity

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Friday, Apr 11, 2003

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Security and stupidity

SYDNEY: The post-September 11, 2001 world saw countries adopting various security campaigns. Any guesses which countries scooped international awards for the most stupid measures? Well, the Australian Government's $15 million fridge magnet campaign was undeniably one of them, according to a report in Sydney Morning Herald. The competition, run by Privacy International, received about 5000 nominations from 35 countries. The Government took out the `Most Egregiously Stupid Award' for the kit, which urged Australians to report anything suspicious while asking them to be "alert but not alarmed". The Delta Terminal at JFK Airport in New York won the `Most Flagrantly Intrusive Award' for forcing a mother with a four-month-old baby to drink three bottles of her own breast milk, for fear that the bottles contained explosives or chemical agents.

— ANI

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