Official: Fake NFL threat competition between two men

[tocqueville]

POSTED: 2053 GMT (0453 HKT), October 19, 2006

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (CNN) -- A law enforcement official told CNN that a man has admitted he posted a fake bomb threat against National Football League stadiums in major U.S. cities as part of an Internet competition with a person in Texas to create the scariest terror scenario possible.

The official told CNN that it's too early to say whether the man will be charged.

The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security had earlier determined that the threat was a hoax, FBI spokesman Richard Kolko told CNN Thursday.

Earlier Thursday, the FBI interviewed and released a 20-year-old Milwaukee, Wisconsin, man after his friend came forward with information about the online posting of a threat against NFL stadiums.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/10/19/nfl.threat/index.html

[ClintonTyree]

1. Stupid is as stupid does.

These guys need to get real lives. :eyes:

[malaise]

2. As KO said last night

this obvious hoax should not have made the airways. Makes you wonder about the agenda of the friend in Texas. Terra terra.

[fasttense]

3. Yes but did he win?

A law enforcement official told CNN that a man has admitted he posted a fake bomb threat against National Football League stadiums in major U.S. cities as part of an Internet competition with a person in Texas to create the scariest terror scenario possible.

The official told CNN that it's too early to say whether the man will be charged.

But is it too early to say if he won the Internet competition? Inquiring minds want to know.:shrug:

[seabeyond]

4. with this whole to do, i would say it is a win. i dont see a law broken

are we not allow to say "fire" on the internet (theater)?