A distillery manager has told of his amazement after learning that US spies hunting weapons of mass destruction had been monitoring his whisky plant. Bruichladdich Distillery on the island of Islay was contacted by the Defence Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), after an agent clicked on to the distillery’s website.
The woman revealed the organisation’s interest in the whisky plant after alerting the distillery to the fact that one of its webcams was faulty.
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"They said they had been monitoring our webcams because the process of making something very innocuous and pleasant is close to making weapons of mass destruction, apparently.
“We just think it is the funniest thing we have ever heard.”
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I reckon I have found the explanation, actually - it seems that spellcheckers (mine anyway) think that the Scottish island ** Islay** is a typo for Islam.
Heck, I could not make this stuff up!
Second thoughts - maybe I could after enough whisky, I suppose.
I hear this guy interviewed on the radio - apparently they found out they were being spied on because one of their webcams went down, and the DTRA called them to let them know. What the hell kind of intelligence agency is that?!?
Whisky of Mass Drunkenness… This is just so fucking funny.
Oh heck, no - calling them might suggest a certain lack of secrecy. Dear me, no - I think a woman clicked on their website, and helpfully remarked that one of their webcams was faulty.
So that’s all right then.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3144980.stm
Methinks I will keep a weather eye out for more news of this DTRA lot. To borrow from Flann O’Brien’s list of cliches, it “might be funny if it were not so tragic”.
Still, It should keep DTRA busy,a s there there are a fairi few distillieries to monitor/spy on/waste time on.
They must be incredibly bored eh ?
I would rather be faced with whisky of mass drunkedness, might make them all see how utterly ridiculous they all are.
Good one, young Mr. Stibbons - - but, wait, you being at an Unseen University, and these good people seeking unseen weapons, um - just be careful - you might be next on their list. I mean, when they make an appointment with someone who can write, so as to make a list, of course.
Not sure why they think Scotland has taken to making these bang bang toys with all the visibillty of the Scarlet Pimpernel: I really think they ought to be paying more attention to the brewing and, distilling and even culinary industries, of, say, Khalmakistanof which Iain Banks has written such thoughtful and intelliigent reports.
Silly silly daft spooks! Booze, not bombs!, say I.
Well, it makes enough sense to me. After all, whisky is usige beatha - the “water of life” - not the “water of blowing people into tiny wee messy bits”.
