CIA's "terrorist buster" logo

Over at the CIA website, you'll find the DCI Counterterrorist Center's "Terrorist Buster" logo, featuring a grinning, machine-gun-waving, ninja terrorist crawling through the international "forbidden" symbol. Link (Thanks, Manny!)

[#1 posted by kaosdevice , October 23, 2007 1:46 PM]

I forsee this design having vast impact on the national terrorist community. I mean, it clearly says "no" after all. Who ignores that?

[#2 posted by Peaceflag2007 , October 23, 2007 1:48 PM]

This thing deserves to become its own internet sensation.

Who owns the T-SHIRT rights?

[#3 posted by Peaceflag2007 , October 23, 2007 1:48 PM]

Next up: "No Terrorists" tshirts and keychains.

[#4 posted by Matt Staggs , October 23, 2007 1:49 PM]

I ain't fraid of one who utilizes the systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve political objectives

[#5 posted by Lauren , October 23, 2007 1:53 PM]

Man, we can't even keep the terrorists fully behind forbidden symbols. This war on terror is hopeless.

[#6 posted by Anonymous , October 23, 2007 1:55 PM]

Yeah, except it's NOT the "international 'forbidden' symbol" because the line for that goes from top left to bottom right.

All the CIA had to do was look at a "no left turn" sign and they could have had it correct.

[#7 posted by Flying Squid , October 23, 2007 2:05 PM]

Remember: When waterboarding, don't cross the streams.

[#8 posted by KurtMac , October 23, 2007 2:19 PM]

Thats absolutely TERRORble! Ha Ha!

I must say, I favor the logos of the actual terrorists better... Previously on BoingBoing: Terrorist logos: graphic design

[#9 posted by KurtMac , October 23, 2007 2:25 PM]

Er, I mean...
Terrorist logos: graphic design
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/07/10/terrorist-logos-grap.html

[#10 posted by Anonymous , October 23, 2007 2:31 PM]

Looks like the Ghostbuster's Logo

[#11 posted by noen , October 23, 2007 2:48 PM]

"Who ya gonna call? Terrorist Busters!"

[#12 posted by deusdiabolus , October 23, 2007 3:28 PM]

This symbol is offensive to ninja citizens who exercise their Second Amendment rights to own semi-automatic weapons for home defense. It it so on now.

[#13 posted by Anonymous , October 23, 2007 3:33 PM]

It appears this graphic is in the public domain, who wants to print the t-shirts?

https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/site-policies/index.html#copy

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[#14 posted by gHurley , October 23, 2007 4:03 PM]

Wait... The CIA uses Plone?

[#15 posted by James , October 23, 2007 4:26 PM]

Not only does the new CIA Anti-terrorist logo look hilariously like the Ghostbusters symbol... but a quick 'Find/Replace' in the lyrics can turn Ray Parker Jr.'s Ghostbusters theme into a paranoid, patriotic, jingoistic propaganda song:

If there's something strange in your neighborhood
Who you gonna call?
Terrorist busters!
If there's something weird and it don't look good
Who you gonna call?
Terrorist busters!
...
I ain't afraid of no Terrorist!

[#16 posted by Fnarf , October 23, 2007 4:41 PM]

Fucking Gumby. I always knew he was up to no good.

[#17 posted by hedztalez , October 23, 2007 4:53 PM]

Looks just like Chewbacca. Crappy looking laser rifle though.

[#18 posted by Michael R. Bernstein , October 23, 2007 5:05 PM]

ghurley @ #14: Yep. Cool, huh?

You can see a list of other high profile Plone sites here: http://plone.net/sites

[#19 posted by Mindbleach , October 23, 2007 5:30 PM]

Huey Lewis & The News - I Want A New Drug (for those unfamiliar with the original).
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xQeUiTwzClU

[#20 posted by zuzu , October 23, 2007 7:38 PM]

Don't cross the streams. It would be bad.

[#21 posted by Stephen Lark , October 24, 2007 1:08 AM]

The crypto for this URL is 128 bit RC4. Why aren't they using 256 bit AES?

[#22 posted by Kieran O'Neill , October 24, 2007 6:46 AM]

... because inciting people to use "munitions" on the CIA website would not quite be in the spirit of an anti-terrorism campaign?

[#23 posted by Rossifumi , October 24, 2007 7:10 AM]

Terrorist-Busters

At first, their clients are few and far between, and the Terrorist-busters have to depend on their individual talents to keep the business alive: Dr. Egon Spengler is a Terrorist genius, Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz is an expert on Terrorist history and WMD's, and Dr. Peter Venkman has charm and business savvy, although he is in some ways a charlatan.

Although he initially comes off as a bit of a wise guy, Venkman eventually finds a subtly heroic side to himself when he learns that a creature called "Osama" is haunting the land of America, a client who has become the object of his lustful (and possibly deeper) intentions.

[#24 posted by gia , October 24, 2007 10:40 AM]

Reminds me of this Sinn Fein t-shirt http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/24/snipers_fire_at_sinn_feins/

[#25 posted by Gary Farber , October 27, 2007 12:50 PM]

I'm puzzled, Mark. Why are you reblogging this 2002 item? Does everyone have amnesia of how this was blogged all over back in 2002, after its famous 2001 posting?

WTF?