Prank calls evolve: Teenager convinces White House he is the president of Iceland
Wed Dec 12, 10:28 AM ET (from the AP)
A teenager says he convinced the White House he was Iceland's president and managed to schedule a call with George W. Bush but was found out before he got to talk to the U.S. president.
"My call was transferred around a few times until I got hold of Bush's secretary and managed to book a call meeting with Bush the following Monday evening," Vifill Atlason, 16, told Reuters.
The teenager posed as Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson when he made the call on Dec 1.
Icelandic police turned up at his door two days later -- the day of the planned call -- and took him in for questioning.
"They told me the CIA had called the National Commissioner of the Icelandic police and asked if the police could try and find out where I received that phone number from," said Atlason.
The teen-ager said he was unable to recall where he discovered the telephone number for the White House.
"I know I've had it on my phone card for at least 4 years now and that an Icelandic friend gave it to me, but I don't remember who," he said.
At a White House news conference Monday, Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino said her understanding was that Atlason had called a public line "that anybody can call," according to a transcript.
Local police confirmed the National Security Unit at the national police headquarters had asked them to bring Atlason in.
Jon Bjartmarz, Chief Superintendent at Iceland's national police headquarters, said Icelandic police had not spoken to their U.S. counterparts about the matter. He declined to say how police were tipped off about Atlason's call.
"As far as we're concerned, there will not be any further investigation, and I don't know if the American government is taking any action because of this," he said.
Heh heh!
There's an Icelandic prank for ya! They don't just smash windows with snow balls or throw lava at each other - they call the freakin' white house and get National Security looking for them! That kid rocks!
I sure hope the American police don't want to do anymore investigation and... what if there was war between America and Iceland??? Wow... I mean, in a war one of the best weapons is the element of surprise! Now I don't know about you, but I think Bush along with the rest of the U.S.A would be PREEEETTY surprised if Iceland attacked tomorrow... Itm wouldn't be a very long lasting war..given that the number of soldiers in U.S.A far exeeds the entire population of Iceland...frightening isn't it! Seen from Bush's perspective Iran is highly highly dangerous because they stand by their right to make and have nuclaer weapons in their possessions! And then look at it from Europe's point of view as regards America: A president, who we ALL know cheated at the election and won the second one on the fear-factor, decides to invade a country that, since the dawn of time, has not killed one...single..American! This president furthermore decided to make enough nu-clear weapons to blow the world up..twice??? This is a president that looks happy when he gets a word right, but don't know what to do with himself in a crisis situation! This is a president that feels the SAME way about gay rights as the Iranian president! Bush is a president who emphasises religion just as much as the Iranian president! For this and many other reasons is why I sometimes loathe the United States Government; because they incist that the rest of us be living in fear...just as the islamic fundamentalists do. The only difference is that the fundamentalists are very open about it, so they don't have people fooled! I have friends coming home from Iraq, telling me that they were trying help the civil population. They woukld stand with torn limbs in their hands in center Baghdad...and as THEY said: Hundreds of American troops that could have helped them and the population had been given direct orders to stand guard at the oilfields...????? Because THAT was what this war was all ablout it the first place wasn't it George??? It wasn't enough for you to corrupt an election, scare the shit out of your own people, bomb innocent people, and send your troops dying? No, you had to send MY boys off as well!!! God, I'm glad I didn't pass through to the military - and go ahead, call me a chicken chit, but at least I'm man enough to know when I am NOT going to fight for some scumbags oil!!!
Don't know how I suddenly got there from an Icelandic prank call...?
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