Anthrax Hoaxsters: Now Who's Laughing?
At least that's what hoaxsters capitalizing on the anthrax scare by pulling powder pranks seem to think. Since Sept. 11, officials across the country have responded to thousands of anthrax scares. In the past two weeks alone, postal inspectors have investigated 6,305 incidents, nearly all of them false alarms or practical jokes.
Sorry jokers, the feds are on to you and they are cracking down with stiff sentences.
"They should be prepared to face harsh consequences if they follow through with a hoax or a threat," Texas Attorney General John Cornyn said. "Today, as a nation at war, they will not be tolerated at all."
Attorney General John Ashcroft said those who fake anthrax or other terrorist scares will face federal prosecution. False threats of anthrax attacks are "grotesque transgressions of the public trust," Ashcroft said at a news conference.
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Unless you want to spend time with Bubba, don't do it.