georgephillip
Diamond Member
Last Wedesday (July 31 2013) a Long Island family was visited by "six gentlemen in casual clothes" from their local PD asking if the family "had any bombs" in their home.
Why, you might ask?
Because Michelle Catalano had Googled pressure cookers at about the same time her husband had gone online shopping for a backpack.
Good thing they don't live in Boston.
"As the police officers casually searched the home--looking on bookshelves, peaking in the kitchen--they asked the husband numerous questions. As Catalano recounts it:
"'Where is he from? Where are his parents from? They asked about me, where was I, where do I work, where do my parents live. Do you have any bombs, they asked. Do you own a pressure cooker? My husband said no, but we have a rice cooker. Can you make a bomb with that? My husband said no, my wife uses it to make quinoa. What the hell is quinoa, they asked.'"
Yes, They Are Watching: Online Search for Pressure Cooker Sparks Chilling Police Visit | Common Dreams
Why, you might ask?
Because Michelle Catalano had Googled pressure cookers at about the same time her husband had gone online shopping for a backpack.
Good thing they don't live in Boston.
"As the police officers casually searched the home--looking on bookshelves, peaking in the kitchen--they asked the husband numerous questions. As Catalano recounts it:
"'Where is he from? Where are his parents from? They asked about me, where was I, where do I work, where do my parents live. Do you have any bombs, they asked. Do you own a pressure cooker? My husband said no, but we have a rice cooker. Can you make a bomb with that? My husband said no, my wife uses it to make quinoa. What the hell is quinoa, they asked.'"
Yes, They Are Watching: Online Search for Pressure Cooker Sparks Chilling Police Visit | Common Dreams