Video: Olby and Larry Johnson shrug at the “non-event in London”
posted at 2:07 am on June 30, 2007 by Allahpundit
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Whom do you call on in a pinch for expertise about jihadist plots if you’re a guy who hasn’t taken terrorism seriously since 9/11? Why, a guy who hasn’t taken terrorism seriously since before 9/11, of course. It’s a segment six years in the making, starting with Crazy Larry’s now-legendary “stop worrying about terror” op-ed published in July 2001 and continuing through to this morning when he wowed the dKos faithful by pronouncing the car-bomb plot a “crock of crap.”
Olby seems a bit subdued here aside from an obligatory sneer at the “media nodding-head dolls” who don’t have the guts to embrace their paranoia the way he does. Eschewing his usual Trutherish shtick in these circumstances, he opts instead for a weak gotcha about how this single incident puts the lie to Bush’s claim that we’re fighting them in Iraq so we don’t have to fight them at home. No mention of the absence of attacks on America since the invasion, no acknowledgment that the guys behind this were probably homegrown and thus already here — the Murrow of our time doesn’t let such trivia get in the way of a good talking point. As for Larry, he sniffs about “yuppie terrorists” who drive Mercedes but naturally doesn’t mention that the Mercedes was ten years old, which means it probably cost considerably less than 10 grand assuming it was purchased recently. He also scoffs at the idea that a bomb this crude could have done much more than torch the car itself and maybe singe a few people within 20 or 30 feet. The (left-leaning) weapons experts at Danger Room, who are taking this very seriously, beg to differ, as does ABC News, which was told by British officials that the explosion would have been lethal within a “several hundred yard radius.” And then there’s this:
The cell phone had received at least two calls, which should have detonated several gallons of gasoline, but when the calls came in, the bomb failed to go off, the official said.
Had it done so, that blast then would have ignited six to eight tanks of propane in a mist to make a fuel-air explosion, creating a fireball the size of a small house and propelling 18 to 20 boxes of roofing nails around a large area at bullet speed, counterterrorism officials said.
The news organization responsible for that report? The same one that signs Olby’s checks.
It ends with a stirring note about the only thing we have to fear. Hint: It doesn’t involve a wild-eyed guy sitting on a pile of hurtling high explosives and muttering about Allah.
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So, if this was a “non-event” Herr Odormann, then why did your own “news” channel broadcasted live “Breaking News” about this all day?
kevcad on June 30, 2007 at 2:15 AM
Nobody is paying attention to car bombs in Baghdad because Baghdad is a WAR ZONE, tweedledum. Central London is not. Bombs are expected in the former, not the latter.
If someone really can’t tell the difference between those, they should not be on television. Wait…does MSNBC count as television?
MadisonConservative on June 30, 2007 at 2:15 AM
Herr Olberdouche! Long time no see. I totally forgot that half-wit had a TV show. He hasn’t changed much, except his jaw looks somewhat slacker since the last time I’ve seen a JihadTube clip of him.
I love his balanced coverage of… everything! Obviously they haven’t bothered to actually read anything past the headline and opening paragraph regarding the coverage of these bombs and their devastating potential had their detonation(s) been successful.
One sided no rebuttal self-important gratuitous talking heads
SilverStar830 on June 30, 2007 at 2:18 AM
So I have a stuid question. Why the hell use a freking Mecedes????????? And this guy Johnson is really one dumb arse scum.
auspatriotman on June 30, 2007 at 2:25 AM
The Mercedes’s were stolen.
Guess these genii never considered that terrorist lunatics might also be thieves.
A pity these clowns, and many of their delusional ilk, weren’t lunching at the Windows On The World one fine September morning a while back.
Since nothing else seems to penetrate.
profitsbeard on June 30, 2007 at 2:25 AM
A virtual neutron star of moonbat f*ckheadedness.
Good Lt on June 30, 2007 at 2:29 AM
Get the Discovery Times channel to recreate Mercedes bomb car like they did with the Ryder truck bomb in OKC. I saw a show on that channel last week where they recreated the OKC bombing exactly to prove if the bomb had enough moxy take down half a building. They also did a show on TWA Flight 800 to see if a spark could blow the gas tank - it did.
HaroldFine on June 30, 2007 at 2:29 AM
PMSNBC needs to quit beating around the bush, and make Olberdouche wear the red wig, the white makeup, and the round red nose that he so richly deserves. At least then there would be some truth-in-advertising on his show, if no actual truth per se.
ReubenJCogburn on June 30, 2007 at 2:31 AM
It makes me want to scream!
So…I will…
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!
Viewtifulgare on June 30, 2007 at 2:40 AM
Olbermann’s show is nothing more than that sweet soma pill for the paltry few who actually watch. They spend all day worrying about the day’s events, then 5 o’clock rolls around and they can finally swallow that pill, relax and feel better about the bubble they reside in. The endless parade of yes-men moonlighting as experts, constantly reassuring Keith and his audience is, quite frankly, sickening.
Sidebar: Ever notice how the camera seems zoomed in a lot closer on Olbermann than is normal for other hosts?
HockeyTemper on June 30, 2007 at 2:44 AM
Evan Sayet was right, they can’t HELP but be wrong, every time.
Merovign on June 30, 2007 at 3:13 AM
and invite Mr. Johnson to stand 31 feet away.
I have a feeling that the best Olbermann clip evah will be the one where he calls for the reintroduction of the Fairness Doctrine.
rw on June 30, 2007 at 3:14 AM
He’s probably a level 8 or 9 moonbat, so who do they match him with? Or does 1 hour of a level 8 cancel out 2 hours of level 4 neocons? I’m confused.
WisCon on June 30, 2007 at 4:06 AM
“Camper-sized canisters of propane, meaning they’re used by campers.”
Wow! That Keith Olbermann really is smarter than the rest of us!
Thanks Keith.
J**off.
Teddy on June 30, 2007 at 5:11 AM
The sad fact is that people ignore near misses. Instead of factoring them in with a certain probability that they could have happened, they just assume that they were events that were just destined to never happen. It’s a sad sort of modern, atheistic twist on Divine Providence and blind faith. This is partly our own fault, since we in the West don’t retaliate for failed attempts in the same manner as we do for successful ones, and thus the people are trained.
progressoverpeace on June 30, 2007 at 5:51 AM
I once respected Keith.
I just wanted to apologise for that.
atadOFF on June 30, 2007 at 7:29 AM
I got about one minute into it before the ignorance became too much to take.
Or words to that effect.
Excuse Me, Mr. “Explosives Expert”;
Have you ever heard the term “Fuel-Air Explosive?”
How about “Thermobaric Munition?”
The old “Improvised Munitions Black Book” the Special Forces used back in the 1960s describes just this arrangement. It makes note of the fact that about five gallons of gasoline on top of a (relatively small) initiator charge can do a very thorough job of blowing up a decent-sized warehouse. The effects are even more impressive with other “enhancing covers” on top of the gasoline. Propane tanks being just one example.
I won’t go into details (why help the bad guys?) but I’d estimate that a bomb like they describe would do a good bit more than just “burn out the inside of the car”.
BTW, I dealt with this subject when studying arson investigation as a criminology major back in the 1970s. (My copy of the “IMBB” is a “souvenir” of those days.) This “expert” has obviously never even read it- at that time, it was a standard reference in the field he supposedly is an expert in.
If this…..idiot……… was responsible for the first Bush Administration’s CTW policy, and is now an “advisor to the State Department” on the same subject, it’s no wonder things are in the “state” they’re in. Anyone this ignorant of the basic physics of the situation is no business “advising” anyone on “policy”.
Somebody fire this moron. Now.
(I know that it’s too much to ask for MSNBC to fire the Olberlord………)
cheers
eon
eon on June 30, 2007 at 7:32 AM
I see his paid lefty (guest) managed to get in all the talking points.
Maybe if one of those non events blew up under his butt, then he would say it was one hell of a fart LOL
investwize999 on June 30, 2007 at 7:34 AM
I don’t recall reading any of Larry Johnson’s work… his work for the State Dept. was not noteworthy. So, the only thing he as going for him is that he’s a young guy who is now “former CIA”… I wonder what made him leave?
…and how about that commenter at dk? “Considering the known things that have been happening in the world since Bush seized power” Wow! Talk about sore loser! I hope that “puppethead” character is commenting from a padded room.
Zorro on June 30, 2007 at 7:36 AM
The left doesn’t want the world to think that America’s enemies are dangerous. That would mean America is justified in fighting them. Since America is the perennial bad guy, it must never be given moral authority to fight.
Besides, had the bomb gone off and killed lots of people, a Truther movement would have been formed. It was really destroyed by government explosives. Thereby maintaing the meme that the goverment is the still the bad guy, not the enemies of the government.
How long will the left keep this charade up? They will keep it up as long as siding with terrorist causes openly is still taboo. Once that taboo is gone, they will put down the mics, and take up arms and banners themselves.
The enemy is amongst us masquerading as the forth and fifth estates.
jihadwatcher on June 30, 2007 at 7:40 AM
Ah, so now Johnson is an explosives expert too.
Oh, and Johnson, there are some Muslim immigrants who have expensive cars in Europe, like here in Norway. You know why? Because they are part of money-laundering operations. In fact, the Norwegian authorities often keep an eye on immigrants who seem to have too much wealth for their day job.
But Johnson will probably scoff at the idea that Islamic fundamentalists launder money in Europe. He’s probably a money-laundering expert too, just like with everything else.
Seixon on June 30, 2007 at 7:41 AM
The two of these morons should be neutralized.
Viper1 on June 30, 2007 at 7:46 AM
“Terrorists? What terrorists? There are no stinkin’ terrorists!” (per Keith Olberman) World Trade Center? What World Trade Center?
lynnv on June 30, 2007 at 8:03 AM
This can’t be for real, I mean, are these guys THAT oblivious? If so, which team are they playing for? Clearly not the right one.
TimboJackson on June 30, 2007 at 8:15 AM
Well, now I know why the CIA is so ineffective. With tools like this guy working there I am surprised that they were able to accomplish anything. I don’t think a comment on the supposed “newperson” Is neccesary.
deadbackpacker on June 30, 2007 at 8:22 AM
I was talking to a big-time liberal last night. It’s hard to believe but they literally DO NOT SEE the problem over in Europe.
I don’t have time to go into the details of the argument but suffice it to say I may as well have been talking about Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy to the guy.
thareb on June 30, 2007 at 8:27 AM
This kind of useful idiotness is, perhaps, even more of a threat to the West than the actual terrorism it so eagerly enables.
Halley on June 30, 2007 at 8:36 AM
“Yuppie Terrorists”??? “Non-event”???
I am so glad these two aren’t in control of Homeland Security…
JetBoy on June 30, 2007 at 8:57 AM
jihadwatcher on June 30, 2007 at 7:40 AM
Yea your right! We all know that GAS DOES NOT EXPLODE gas has never exploded and propane only goes pop! Maybe it will split open the canister but it would not like kill anyone so the government did 6-29!!!
Ps I posted about the Johnson Kos post here
Gwillie on June 30, 2007 at 8:59 AM
I thought we got rid of Scary as a serious pundit. Oh wait. We did. It’s Keith Olbermann’s show that used him.
Sue on June 30, 2007 at 9:12 AM
The “best” part about this is how they try to play thier own fear and denial off as fear on the part of those who want to deal with terrorism.
Dash on June 30, 2007 at 9:17 AM
Now, now, let’s try to be useful.
If anyone in the HA community know’s Olby’s staff please tell them to stop making their kook-aid with the bong water.
TunaTalon on June 30, 2007 at 9:21 AM
Olby and his fauk show are nothing less than a dingleberry and nothing more than a crusty dog turd.
warpmine on June 30, 2007 at 9:33 AM
Dropping acid seven days a week could be considered a habbit. Tommy Chong, a true expert, should be part of this discussion.
warpmine on June 30, 2007 at 9:35 AM
Part of the problem with the 9/11 Truthers is that no one can exactly duplicate that event in real time to their satisfaction, since flying jets into skyscrapers is, um, somewhat frowned upon.
But this? A piece of cake! Go Olby and Larry, and get ye a Mercedes junker, load it with them there “camper-size propane canisters,” boxes of nails, gasoline and a cell phone detonator — park it next to some expendable structure such as an old barn in an unpopulated area — and gather your closest and bravest moonbat friends to encircle the explosion, at 20 or 30 feet away (with earplugs, of course), in their underwear.
Go for it guys! Your names will be legend!
Nichevo on June 30, 2007 at 9:38 AM
Former CIA = fired for gross incompetence
Guardian on June 30, 2007 at 9:38 AM
“Where, besides you, are the skeptics who know what they’re talking about in this?”
Apparently this was the only nutjob Blowlby could find to support his position. And yeah, the “other” people who disagree with them are of course crazy.
Well I proudly throw my hat in with the crazy ones.
Kowboy on June 30, 2007 at 9:39 AM
“Where, besides you, are the skeptics who know what they’re talking about in this?”
I liked that quote. Sort of tells you all you need to know about Scary and Olbermann.
Sue on June 30, 2007 at 9:46 AM
Just a word of caution for those of you unfamiliar with Scary. Stage whisper…he knows people.
If only one person had been killed, say the cop who reached in and dismantled the cell phone, would this still be a non-event? The story, for these two cracker heads, is 2 cars, loaded with bomb making materials, were found in the heart of London. Whether they were professional or amateurs makes no difference, except in the lack of an explosion. The intent was to inflict damage and death. And that, whether they like it or not, is a news story.
Sue on June 30, 2007 at 9:53 AM
Alarmist behavior, Yeah lets just sit back and watch them blow the crap out of us again. geez.
ajmontana on June 30, 2007 at 9:55 AM
The comment at the end was intriguing - ‘Fewer than 50,000 to terrorism since 1968, but more than 50 million plus in WWII.’
Great. If the scale is no problem, kinda shoots the whole ‘too many die in Iraq’ argument.
TinMan13 on June 30, 2007 at 9:58 AM
Mercedes aren’t quite as high ticket an item as you get closer to Germany. They are about as common as Fords over here. It is good to see Johnson has finally figured out the British don’t mean gasoline when they use the term gas.
B Moe on June 30, 2007 at 10:01 AM
I also am fascinated by the dismissal of terrorist failed terrorist attempts as amateurish. There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber.
B Moe on June 30, 2007 at 10:11 AM
If the MSM discovered that there was an abortion clinic across the street from Tiger, Tiger do you think it would be news then?
Natalie on June 30, 2007 at 10:18 AM
The same news organization that signs Olby’s checks is also reporting that the first mercedes was stolen:
An observation: isn’t herr ubermann just an o’donnell with a penis? Wait. That’s redundant.
locomotivebreath1901 on June 30, 2007 at 10:20 AM
I personally prefer the “other” Roosvelt.
Non event? Someone 30ft away would be fine except for hearing damage? To prove his point Mr. Johnson can demonstrate the non event by standing 35 ft away, with hearing protection, when the car is detonated.
Non event should be the name of the show & host.
VikingGoneWild on June 30, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Yeah, TinMan, I was just thinking that. “Only” 50,000 killed by terrorists since 1969 (as if that is OK, so tell me, how many does it take before we cross that magic line and it is not OK?). But I thought, according to the great Rosie, that there were 650,000 dead in Iraq since we went there only 4 years ago (and who are the terrorists?).
If this wasn’t so serious, it would be exceedingly funny. The problem is we not only have to fight these poor excuses for humanity who think nothing of strapping explosives on their own children and cheering, we are also stuck fighting idiots like those two shining beacons.
Sheesh. I’m going back to bed! Or, I would, but I’m at work .
JamesLee on June 30, 2007 at 10:40 AM
Baghdad Keith Strikes Again!
“There are no weapons here. Saddam’s sons did not rape anyone. Return to your homes. There is nothing to see here.”
BKennedy on June 30, 2007 at 10:42 AM
I hope Bryan is archiving all these clips so he can use snippets for an expose montage on OL’B once the primitives are allowed a success within our borders. Sad thought but thereby exposing the non-event idiot for the idiot he is.
Griz on June 30, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Olby is the enemy as well.
To say that fighting Islamists causes terrorism is a logical non-starter.
When the Islamists kill New Yorks liberal elite THEN they’ll have a better “perspective” on things.
They should recreate the car bomb and then blow it up just to show what whould have happened. These guys are poopooing a fuel air bomb and it’s unbelievable.
Mojave Mark on June 30, 2007 at 10:47 AM
And see also this news article, from British IT website The Register:
It’s typical of a certain kind of mindset.
“Oh, the Piccadilly fireball would have blown the car’s windows out, and popped its doors open, and sent various bits like mirrors and so forth into the air at velocities possibly fatal to people nearby. It would have looked really cool, that’s for sure. But an explosive event…a detonation? Not in a million years. Sorry lads: you failed car bombing 101; you did not attend a single lecture; you did not even open the textbook.
This should have been dismissed for what it is: an event on the level of some teenagers getting a tremendously foolish notion, and being drunk enough for it to appeal to them. But we’re hearing whispers of terrorism instead - much as we heard from the Americans when they foiled a “terrorist plot” to blow up fuel storage tanks at Kennedy International. It would have been devastating, prosecutors told us. Only that “plot” had the same hole in it: air makes a lousy oxidiser. If it had been carried out, it would certainly have made a bigger fireball than the one in London would have made. But that’s about it.
So why is this such big news? Because clowns have got to be passed off as terrorists. Because a vast industry depends on terrorists, real and imagined, to justify its existence. We live now in the grip of the security-industrial complex, and that hungry beast demands to be fed. We feed it money hand over fist, and in return, it feeds us fear biscuits, which we are expected to accept with gratitude.”
Apeking on June 30, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Oh, rats. If only there was a preview button.
Apeking on June 30, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Next time they should let the damn thing explode. After all, the proof is in the pudding.
liberator9 on June 30, 2007 at 10:56 AM
SIJ6141 on June 30, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Listening to these two dunderheads reminds me of the flapperdoodle logic of Rosie and Joy Behar on The View. The only difference is, more than three viewers watch the View.
It’s easy to understand how the CIA became a do-nothing wasteland of liberal peaceniks for several decades, after hearing Johnson give his two cents on the threat of terrorism.
In order to buy into Johnson’s load of crap, we would have to believe the destruction of the Twin Towers and the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians, the bombing of our overseas embassies, the attack on the USS Cole, the killing of pedestrians in Indonesia, Spain and the United Kingdom …… were all brought on by fear, and not caused by terrorists hell-bent on wiping us off this planet.
To repeat the words of FDR, and say we have nothing to fear but fear itself while the world around us is a ticking jihadist time bomb, underscores the idiocy of this loon and his bobbing-head loon accomplice - Olberdunce.
The complacent mindset of Olberdunce and Johnson is what we should fear most, an irrational thought process mimicked by their braindead audience, preached by the cut and run Democrats and shoved down our throats by the MSM.
fogw on June 30, 2007 at 11:08 AM
Okay, I am NOT wishing this upon them, but suppose the same vehicle containing a “non-bomb” was found in their driveways. Imagine the shrieking that would spill from their empty heads.
windbag on June 30, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Correction:
After listening to that BS, I suddenly feel scared, very scared.
SIJ6141 on June 30, 2007 at 11:10 AM
When and if Bombers/Suicide bombers start their shenanigans here in the U.S., I think Americans will take matters into their own hands. Somehow I think those coward/terrorist know that, and that’s why they have not done it here.
TheSitRep on June 30, 2007 at 11:16 AM
Don’t tell Scary, but another non-event just happened in London.
Sue on June 30, 2007 at 11:25 AM
Which should only strengthen the adage if Scary says not to fear take cover. Something catastrophic is about to occur.
Sue on June 30, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Larry Johnson such an idiot - he was stalking me last summers with emails thinking I was a DOD plant working at Deibold - scary when you think he was employed at the CIA an DoS - no wonder we have the problems we face today with tools like Larry around.
Topsecretk9 on June 30, 2007 at 11:30 AM
Hi Sue ::wink::
Topsecretk9 on June 30, 2007 at 11:31 AM
Top!
Sue on June 30, 2007 at 11:34 AM
Yup. Surely this attack will be written off as someone who fell asleep at the wheel, dropped a cigarette butt on the seat fabric, which caused the car to burst into a fireball and accidentally crash into an airport facility.
No terrorist threat.
No Islamic radicals in the UK.
No snow at the North Pole.
fogw on June 30, 2007 at 11:35 AM
Gasoline doesn’t explode? No wonder Larry is former CIA. He doesn’t even know how internal combustion engines work. Sears auto mechanics are smarter than Larry.
I hope the CIA boss that supposedly hired Larry was thrown out on his ear without pension.
angryoldfatman on June 30, 2007 at 11:50 AM
This sounds like a job for Myth Busters.
Guardian on June 30, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Yes another attack, but olberdork and company will say his butane cigerette lighter just malfunctioned on the way to pick up his granmother at the airport.
ajmontana on June 30, 2007 at 11:56 AM
I thought his show was skyrocketing up the ratings and would soon be #1. I guess if you don’t believe the news is the news, then only weirdo, kooks, and people high on weed will watch.
SouthernGent on June 30, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Exactly.
Zorro on June 30, 2007 at 12:27 PM
Predictable. As soon as I read about the London plot yesterday, I knew Olberdouche would do this, as he always does. This man is a disgrace.
sheik_rattle_n_roll on June 30, 2007 at 12:31 PM
How can they hate as great of a country as the USA like they do? I guess they’ll start loving it again if Hillary wins in ‘08 (God forbid!)
gmoonster on June 30, 2007 at 12:41 PM
Slightly off-target, but has anyone else yet realized that, if a Republican wins the next election, Keith and the left will, again, claim the race was stolen again…
…and then they’ll get even crazier.
Kensington on June 30, 2007 at 12:45 PM
I’m sorry, “claim” should have been “scream” in the comment above. That was probably obvious, though, right?
Kensington on June 30, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Olberman and those with his mindset are simply repulsiv
Simply repulsive.
least1 on June 30, 2007 at 12:46 PM
Worry not, the only person with less viewers than Olby is Mathews. if not for SNL, no one would even know who Mathews is. They both take these radical stances in a desperate attempt to get an audience that is not interested. Olby has about 650,000 viewers a night. For perspective, Couric is a dismal failure with about 6 million viewers a night. Olby is a speck, a flea, a non-player. The Dramatic Chipmunk has more viewers.
bmac on June 30, 2007 at 12:50 PM
Maybe they’ll just pack it in at that point and move to Canada.
Hey, I can dream.
sheik_rattle_n_roll on June 30, 2007 at 12:51 PM
These guys are just from another planet.
Put me on in place of Olbermann after the next terror attack. I can already parrot exactly what he will say. “This wasn’t that big a deal. Why is everyone so worried? Even though it wasn’t such a big deal, it’s still evidence that George Bush screwed up big time somehow. Even though it’s a non-event, why are we fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan when non-event terror attacks like this keep happening? Blah blah blah George Bush is an idiot blah blah blah the troops are incompetent but I support them blah blah blah it’s high and I don’t think it’s playable blah blah blah is it time for the 7th inning stretch?
I really wonder if Olbermann truly believes everything he says, or if it’s just his way to advance his left wing agenda. You’d think that nobody could constantly be this asinine.
Hawkins1701 on June 30, 2007 at 12:52 PM
You’re a better person than me.
I am.
Hawkins1701 on June 30, 2007 at 12:59 PM
Hell, didn’t Olberdouche (and all of his bootlicking followers) get the vapors when someone sent him some talcum powder in the mail?
What was the big deal, Keith?
Kensington on June 30, 2007 at 1:20 PM
That was different. he was the target of the non event.
Guardian on June 30, 2007 at 1:26 PM
Guardian on June 30, 2007 at 11:53 AM
MythBusters pretty much already covered this one, they did the myth about exploding cigarette lighters, and at the end they put 500 cigarette lighters in a car and set them on fire. Blew the living crap out of the car. 500 cigarette lighters is nothing nadan ziltch compared to 10 gallons of propane and 16 gallons of gasoline. As I pointed out in another thread 16 gallons of gasoline has the same explosive power as 1260+ sticks of dynamite, thats not counting the explosive power of the 10 gallons of propane.
doriangrey on June 30, 2007 at 2:03 PM
In the first segment of a company film I had the opportunity to view back in the day, 1 ounce of old-school plastique and 6 ounces of LPG completely incinerated the interior of a large station wagon, chosen for the demonstration because of having the same interior size as most diplomatic limousines of the day. One window was opened about a half inch. Someone standing more than 15 feet away would barely have known something happened if they weren’t looking inside the vehicle, since no windows blew out and there wasn’t a large bang.
The next segment of the film used another station wagon, 4 ounces of plastique, and 2 gallons of gasoline. The car was completely gutted by the massive blast, virtually every body panel was blown totally off the frame.
Now consider 50 gallons of gas, six 40lb propane tanks, and 20 boxes of nails. I’ll let Olby and this former CIA nutjob stand 50 feet away, since it couldn’t possibly hurt them outside of 30.
Freelancer on June 30, 2007 at 2:34 PM
Does a bomb have to go off and kill hundreds for these two idiots to take it seriously????
Lou on June 30, 2007 at 2:48 PM
Anyone care to venture a guess as to what Keith Olbermann (D) will have to say about the Glasgow Airport incident that happened today??
‘Uh, maybe it was just bad valet parking job…..uh yeah thats it…..nothing to worry about here….uh, uh, uh…….. I hate Bush!’
ericire12 on June 30, 2007 at 2:50 PM
Yeah, if she intends to use said materials to kill and injure a large number of innocent civilians.
It doesn’t matter how sophisticated the attacks were, what matters is their motive and intent. The problem, and the real fear for everyone that takes this threat seriously, is that the level of hatred displayed by these people indicates that they would gladly carry out an infinitely more destructive act if they could.
I am watching coverage of the latest attempted terror attack in Scotland and wondering if this gives Olberdork pause. I won’t hold my breath.
macattack on June 30, 2007 at 2:57 PM
He’ll claim that, quote; the SUV didn’t blow up so he and Johnson were right and the guys were dumb and they got caught and so it wasn’t a real threat so what’s the big deal and don’t let bush take away our rights. Unquote
Gwillie on June 30, 2007 at 3:36 PM
Was I the only one that wanted to see Mark Steyn and Mike Baker walk in and slap these two silly? Fair fight, right? 2-Ex-CIA, And Olby is considered a journalist by some.
PowWow on June 30, 2007 at 3:47 PM
Johnson is a perfect example of why the CIA totally missed 9/11. “It would have damaged the interior of the Mercedes” what a moron. 50 gallons of gas alone makes a huge bomb in a crowd and then you add propane cylinders which don’t just split, but go off like bombs and rocket hundreds of feet in the air plus pounds of nails for shrapnel. What a moron!
Yes, these bombs aren’t exactly like what they use in Bagdhad but then again you aren’t going to have tons of RDX etc. lying about in London and Glasgow either…. moron.
Buzzy on June 30, 2007 at 3:54 PM
Like the so called bomb expert on Olby he forgot to mention the projectiles that where in the freaking cars! That is just BS this asshole was feeding he’s audience disinformation, by leaving out that there was nails in the cars that if they had gone off, what would he story be than?
American8298 on June 30, 2007 at 4:10 PM
This is maybe the most annoyingly stupid POS I have ever tried to listen to ( I could only take 4 - 5 seconds ) in a long life full of listening to annoyingly stupid…….
Janos Hunyadi on June 30, 2007 at 4:17 PM
‘The only thing we know at this point is that these people could afford a Mercedes?’
WTF is he talking about?
MsUnderestimated on June 30, 2007 at 5:22 PM
Larry Johnson does not work for the CIA anymore I wonder why?
American8298 on June 30, 2007 at 5:38 PM
Really? People three football fields away would have died? Forget multi-million dollar bunker buster bombs. We should be driving Mercedes into Osama’s cave.
Mark Jaquith on June 30, 2007 at 6:27 PM
The really amazing thing is that there are people that are so pathetic that they worship Olberdouche’s every moronic syllable. At that point, they might as well be living in a parallel dimension, because they’ve completely lost touch with our reality.
ReubenJCogburn on June 30, 2007 at 6:50 PM
Someone named Oldermann is bitch-slapping Olbermann at I Call BS! (He ain’t IowaHawk every time, but he’s pretty good!)
Karridine on June 30, 2007 at 8:01 PM
OLBIE,is an IDIOT.
It would have done a lot of damage.
YUPPIE TERRORISTS,yet again no matter
how you slice it or detonate it
there still a TERRORIST.
canopfor on June 30, 2007 at 8:23 PM
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