Teens crash gate at MacDill (that's CENTCOM, people!)

[Coexist]

from the St. Pete Times:

With police following, the stolen car tears through a gate and passes the U.S. Central Command before being stopped, raising security concerns.


By Abbie Vansickle
Published September 20, 2006

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TAMPA — Two teens in a stolen car blew through a MacDill Air Force Base guard post early Wednesday, passing the base Burger King, commissary and U.S. Central Command before they turned around at a construction barrier.

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The incident raised questions about security on the base, which houses the planning center for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The incident will be investigated by our security personnel to look at what happened, to look at how the individuals gained access to the base,” said Lt. Larry van der Oord, a MacDill spokesman.

He said he can’t recall anyone getting so far onto the base without permission.

The spokesman declined to elaborate on MacDill safety measures, citing national security. He emphasized that the teens didn’t damage base facilities and were caught within minutes.

"caught within minutes" - wow it's a good thing they have such a Post-9/11 mindset. I mean, what could a car do "within minutes" at our Central Command?! It's not like people go around filling them with explosives and detonating them at key facilities around the world or anything, huh?! Good thing we're fighting them over there, or we might have to worry about fighting them over here.

Unreal that this happened, people. Unreal.