Under a Gibbous Moon

Remember this bit of snake oil? Well it seems the the Iraqi government has finally gotten wise to to it. Apparently a plastic box with antenna but no actually testing materials is, in fact, a hoax.

Of course it is probably never a good idea to sell thousands of fake bomb detectors to a government, but at least if you do you should abscond with your money after the deal is done. It seems though, that he was not that smart and Jim McCormick, the companies managing director, has been taken into custody. At least he’s lucky his in England (where the company is headquartered) and not in Iraqi.

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