New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online
A New York woman says her family's interest in the purchase of pressure cookers and backpacks led to a home visit by six police investigators demanding information about her job, her husband's ancestry, and the preparation of quinoa.
Michele Catalano, who lives in Long Island, New York, said her web searches for pressure cookers, her husband's hunt for backpacks, and her "news junkie" son's craving for information on the Boston bombings had combined somewhere in the internet ether to create a "perfect storm of terrorism profiling".
Members of what she described as a "joint terrorism task force" descended on Catalano's home on Wednesday . . . .
But nah -- we don't live in a police state. It's just my fevered imagination!
UPDATE here. But there are still too many unanswered questions.
UPDATE #2: By the way, you really should read Tarzie's take on this. His colorful language, common sense, and take-no-prisoners style are not to be missed.
UPDATE here. But there are still too many unanswered questions.
UPDATE #2: By the way, you really should read Tarzie's take on this. His colorful language, common sense, and take-no-prisoners style are not to be missed.
