The Chaser's War on APEC

Some of you might be aware that Stephan Harper and George Bush, along with other world leaders, are currently attending the APEC Summit in Australia. APEC stands for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooporation, and is an organisation comprised of major players on the Asia pacific rim. This year the summit is held in Australia, and as a result Sydney has spent 250 million Australian dollars setting up security zones in the CBD and surrounding areas. This includes hundreds of extra police officers, a 2 meter high, 5 kilometer long fence through the city and search and detain powers granted to police within the security zone. In comes The Chaser. The Chaser is a satire comedy group based in Sydney, and they have a show called The Chaser's War on Everything. In this show they pull hilarious stunts poking fun at various social and political issues, people and events to expose them in a ridiculous light. For APEC, they decided to see if they could breach the security surrounding the InterContinental Hotel where George Bush was staying. How did they pull it off? As the Channel 10 newscast below explains, they rented black vehicles with tinted windows, dressed up as Secret Service officers and Osama bin Laden, and prented to be the Canadian delegation's motorcade. They even made themselves fake passes, which explicitly read "Insecurity" instead of "Security" and the word "Joke" appeared in hologram on the card right below the text that reads "It's pretty obvious that this isn't a real pass". Did it work? They were waved through two security checkpoints by police and were only stopped and arrested in front of the InterContinental hotel. Police are not amused, but we are! The made a total farce of APEC security, and embarrased the police. They were let out on bail but could face trial and up to 6 months in prison.