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Re:FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a vis... by goatforce5 on Monday July 15, 2013 @03:48PM (#6048116)
There's a similar base in the UK at Menwith Hill. They don't welcome visitors as such, but activist/comedian Mark Thomas discovered that due to a quirk in a law, it was legal to fly a hot air balloon over it.

So that's what he did:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBksQsAZ2hQ (short version)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epWTJUajIdI (full episode)

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Re:FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a vis... by Bosence on Monday July 15, 2013 @04:16PM (#6048295)
That's just simply fantastic.
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Re:FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a vis... by shrikant on Monday July 15, 2013 @06:55PM (#6049058)
Mark Thomas is hilarious.

He once organised a bunch of people who went to the big Apple Store on Regent Street and opened a webpage on all the devices there. The contents of said page informed readers (potential buyers) that they could get the same devices at a nearby high street retailer who didn't indulge in shady tax avoidance schemes.

Another time he went around sticking Margaret Thatcher heads on the ladies in girlie mags.

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Re:FB event to walk to NSA's Dagger Complex results in a vis... by stfu on Monday July 15, 2013 @08:03PM (#6049297)
Is he still doing any TV shows? I would be so up for that stuff. Just brilliant!
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