Bruce Schneier’s announced the winner of his annual “movie-plot threat” contest, the competition to come up with ridiculous security threats of the sort that are used to justify banning photos in public places or liquids on airplanes:
Though recent shooting sprees in churches, nursing homes, and at family outings appear unrelated, a terrifying link has been discovered. All perpetrators had small children who were abducted by terrorists, and perpetrators received a video of their children with hooded terrorists warning that their children would be beheaded if they do not engage in the suicidal rampage. The terror threat level has been raised to red as profiling, known associations, and criminal history are now useless in detecting who will be the next terrorist sniper or airline hijacker. Anyone who loves their children may be a potential terrorist.
Fourth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner