[simple simon]

MILWAUKEE — Internet threats of "dirty bomb" attacks at NFL stadiums this weekend were a hoax inspired by a writing competition between two men trying to come up with scary threats, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

The threats, which were posted on a Web site last week and mentioned stadiums in seven U.S. cities, were deemed to be false by the FBI on Thursday after agents questioned a 20-year-old Milwaukee man.

"This is a hoax," said Special Agent Richard Kolko, a spokesman at the FBI's Washington headquarters. A joint statement from the FBI and Homeland Security said fans "should be reassured of their security as they continue to attend sporting events this weekend."

An FBI official in Washington, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is still under investigation, said the Milwaukee man acknowledged posting the phony stadium threat as part of a "writing duel" with a man from the Brownsville, Texas, area to see who could post the scariest threat.

The Texas man corroborated the story during questioning Thursday by FBI agents, the official said. Investigators also searched the Milwaukee man's computer, the official added.

No decision has been made yet on whether charges will be filed, the official said. In Houston, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said officials are not investigating any connections to the NFL scare in that jurisdiction.

FBI: Football stadium threat a hoax

charges better be filed

you cant do this crap and the FBI has better things to do

[MJHMarc]

I didn't think this threat was for real, but you never know these days!

[Lefty Noob]

Geez, just to tell you how far out of the loop I am -- this is the first I've heard of it!

[MJHMarc]

Do you watch the news at night or pick up a tabloid, Lefty Noob?

You can't be oblivious in today's society.

In other news, Google shares went up $35 and I made $150 on the day.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Truth though is Stranger than fiction...

For the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, consultants did scenerios for possible terrorist attacks...and one possible scenerio involved highjacking airliners and crashing them into the Olympic Stadium...

30 years later...airliners are used for terrorism...

Given enough time...we will see crap like this.

[alv127]

Never eliminate the impossible, thats how things like 9/11 hapeen! Can't we ever learn from our own mistakes?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by MJHMarc

Do you watch the news at night or pick up a tabloid, Lefty Noob?

When I can. Which, these days, isn't too often.

Oddly enough, now, after not hearding word one about this until Thursday, now I'm hearing about it everywhere!

[kenman923]

We should take the threat seriously and be prepared, but we don't have to let it stop the games from going on.