Latest Addition to the Super Bowl Counterterrorism Squad: Hot Dog Vendors

By Doug Powers  •  February 3, 2012 07:53 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

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This week DHS Director Janet Napolitano visited Indianapolis to secure the perimeter of Lucas Oil Stadium. Even the food vendors, now referred to in DHS circles as the elite “Meal Team Six,” have been trained to assist in the counterterrorism effort:

Despite acknowledging there are “no credible or specific threats” to the safety of the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis on Sunday, the TSA is training thousands of fast food sellers and other vendors to spot terrorists under the “First Observer” program.

“TSA said over 8,000 stadium vendors, parking lot attendants, shuttle bus drivers, and other transportation professionals received the agency’s First Observer training for detecting and assessing indicators and planning tactics of potential terrorist activities,” reports Government Security News.

At last year’s Super Bowl they tried having local restaurant maître d’s ask patrons waiting to be seated, “terrorist or non-terrorist?” Unfortunately, nobody fell for it.

If “First Observer” turns out to be a success, the Joe Biden can koozie vendors at Bank of America Stadium working the final day of the DNC Convention will be similarly trained.

So if you’re at the Super Bowl, make sure to let J-Nap know if you spot anything out-of-the-ordinary.

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**Written by Doug Powers

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  1. #1
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 7:58 pm, 123upnorth said:

    Hot dog vendors will not go out of their way to look out for threats. They are earning minimum wage and through hustling their ass*s off, try to make enough in tips to make their time and trip to the ballpark worth it all.

  2. #2
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 7:58 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    “Meal Team Six,”

    ROFL

    This guy looks sinister!

  3. #3
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 8:15 pm, Hangfire said:

    “Hot Dawgs!! Hot Dawgssssss!!! Get yer Hot Do……..Yo, Abdul, weh you think yer goin’ wid dat IED?”

  4. #4
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 8:18 pm, Hangfire said:

    {RE: Comment #3 above}

    I have found that anywhere I travel in the world, the Hot Dog vendors at sports arenas have a Bronx accent.

    Although, in Pusan the guy couldn’t pronounce his ‘r‘s correctly.

  5. #5
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 8:21 pm, txvet2 said:

    They’ve been trained to be on the lookout for terror suspects – people in military uniforms, or with military style haircuts, anyone carrying military ID…..you know, the people on her terrorism watchlist.

  6. #6
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 8:48 pm, maineconservative said:

    Madonna is gonna be there….. so ofcourse.

  7. #7
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 9:09 pm, peteee said:

    were they given decks of cards, like in iraq? and were the photos on the cards obama administration officials?

  8. #8
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 9:55 pm, Misscheryl said:

    By all means, lets put our national security in the hands of TSA hot dog vendors. I feel safer already. Unbelievable what this once great nation has become. A nation lead by fools and imbeciles.

  9. #9
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 9:58 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Would a Moslem terrorist even go near a hot dog vendor? The whole pork thing?

    My parents (of the WWII generation) used to tell me about how, in Nazi Germany, children were taught to spy on their parents, and how German citizens couldn’t trust anyone not to be a government fink.

    I never thought I’d live to exist in Nazi America.

  10. #10
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 pm, WarTip said:

    “REMEMBER CADRE MEMBERS! DOUBLE POINTS FOR TURNING IN A FAMILY MEMBER TODAY ONLY!”

    Sorry about the scream, was attempting to emulate Richard Dawson … Remember the Running Man!?

  11. #11
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 pm, Hiraghm said:

    Remember how Winston Smith got caught in “1984″? The store owner they rented the room from in the prole area was a gov’t agent…

  12. #12
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:27 pm, OK_Loyalist said:
  13. #13
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:31 pm, Hiraghm said:

    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 pm, WarTip said:

    “REMEMBER CADRE MEMBERS! DOUBLE POINTS FOR TURNING IN A FAMILY MEMBER TODAY ONLY!”

    Sorry about the scream, was attempting to emulate Richard Dawson … Remember the Running Man!?

    Creepy

  14. #14
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:54 pm, WarTip said:

    We really are raising our children to become accustomed to living in a police state though. TSA is moving, un-opposed into train stations, bus depots and even roaming patrols and checkpoints. Really, television programs like “Cops” and “America’s Most Wanted” may be entertaining and potentially beneficial still but … do you know for a fact that the “criminals” you see on television are actually criminals or are they really something more … or less even? While this is purely paranoia at this stage of the progressive movement, it is still the logical conclusion and where it all ends up. I have a friend here who was actually in the Stasi … we have some very interesting conversations about what is going on in the states these days.

  15. #15
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 pm, rocketman said:

    ***
    HI OK_LOYALIST–#12. Great PhotoShop of our past and precedent Presidents. Although George Washington should have been taller–ditto for Abe Lincoln. They really did tower over their fellow men–both tall guys.
    ***
    And as far as subversive terrorist plots–I thought I spotted some really suspicious looking Brats in that giant stir fry bowl. I volunteer to check out 5 or 6 of them with a pitcher or two of Bud Light to do my part to keep the Super Bowl safe.
    ***
    I work for free. However, I think DHS should pay for my ticket. And that the patriotic hot dog and beer vendors should pay for the samples of the items that I test.
    ***
    John Bibb
    ***

  16. #16
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:58 pm, OK_Loyalist said:

    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 pm, rocketman said:

    Found story at Drudge

    I just found bigger version.

  17. #17
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 11:27 pm, WarTip said:

    Stir-fried brats? Aww HECK NO! Dey’s gotta be boilt in beer to be raight!

  18. #18
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 11:51 pm, Rip Ford said:

    So they’ve been trained to look for 90-year-old grandmothers and small children?

  19. #19
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 11:58 pm, Kevin K. said:

    OK_Loyalist. Thanks for finding the larger version. I think the artist is about right (although rocketman is right about the heights of Lincoln and maybe Washington [people were shorter back then, so what was tall then might not be that tall now].)

    All these searches and scans and everything are certainly making this place seem more like a police state and less like the Land of Liberty that many of us grew up in. *sigh*

  20. #20
    On February 3rd, 2012 at 11:59 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah this is probably the first hot dawg Nappy’s ever had . . . If you see somthing, eat something!

  21. #21
    On February 4th, 2012 at 12:04 am, Teddy Kennedy said:

    Errah can’t a pretzel vendor get a break? Soooooooo are the hot dawg cart vendors to be considered the thin meat/meat by-product line then?

  22. #22
    On February 4th, 2012 at 1:35 am, Papa Louie said:

    At last year’s Super Bowl they tried having local restaurant maître d’s ask patrons waiting to be seated, “terrorist or non-terrorist?” Unfortunately, nobody fell for it.

    That was because the Raiders were not playing.

  23. #23
    On February 4th, 2012 at 2:44 am, AlohaGuy said:

    I never thought I’d live to exist in Nazi America.

    Worse, little Nazi helper Soros owns the White House.

  24. #24
    On February 4th, 2012 at 2:46 am, AlohaGuy said:

    Isn’t this profiling?

    Anyway, aren’t all those terrorists over at the Lingerie Bowl instead?

  25. #25
    On February 4th, 2012 at 2:48 am, AlohaGuy said:

    It will be a wimpy game anyway, the players aren’t allowed to drill each other in Lucas Oil stadium.

  26. #26
    On February 4th, 2012 at 2:50 am, AlohaGuy said:

    This week DHS Director Janet Napolitano visited Indianapolis to secure the perimeter of Lucas Oil Stadium

    Be honest Doug, she came to get her jock strap autographed.

  27. #27
    On February 4th, 2012 at 3:17 am, love2rumba said:

    ‘Meal Team six’..am I watching a rerun of ‘Get Smart’?

  28. #28
    On February 4th, 2012 at 7:03 am, WarTip said:

    On February 3rd, 2012 at 11:51 pm, Rip Ford said:

    So they’ve been trained to look for 90-year-old grandmothers and small children?

    If the government can get them to attack the very young, the old and the infirm, there should be no issues getting them to attack we the people when it comes time.

    Sad but true?

  29. #29
    On February 4th, 2012 at 7:24 am, sonerai32645 said:

    meal team six is FUNNY, but what is happening in our Country now is VERY sad

  30. #30
    On February 4th, 2012 at 7:46 am, happy2behere said:

    Do terrorists eat those? I thought hot dogs were “unclean.” Speaking of unclean, perhaps former Representative Weiner is available to head up the secret terrorist hot dog sting.

  31. #31
    On February 4th, 2012 at 8:08 am, Flyoverman said:

    A middle Eastern man ordering and wolfing down a kosher hot dog is not someone you would be concerned with.

  32. #32
    On February 4th, 2012 at 8:38 am, ChapBix said:

    #15. On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 pm, rocketman said:

    Although George Washington should have been taller

    Although George was tall when he was younger, he may have been shorter later in life. That whole shrinkage thing, you know.

    I work for free. However, I think DHS should pay for my ticket. And that the patriotic hot dog and beer vendors should pay for the samples of the items that I test.

    After all, it is the Democrat way!

  33. #33
    On February 4th, 2012 at 8:58 am, thejim said:

    On February 3rd, 2012 at 10:54 pm, WarTip said:
    We really are raising our children to become accustomed to living in a police state though

    It is part of the conditioning and subjugation of the citizens of the most powerful nation on earth. Condition them to depend on government coupled with instant, unquestioned compliance. We’re not going to recognize nor like this country in the not so distant future.

  34. #34
    On February 4th, 2012 at 9:45 am, stillontheroad said:

    “The TSA is training thousands of fast food sellers and other vendors to spot terrorists under the “First Observer” program.”
    Customers putting Ketchup on a Hotdog are to be reported immediately.
    Anyone singing the National Anthem too loud will be put on extra surveillance.
    Anyone the even looks like a Veteran will be put on extra surveillance.
    Anyone the looks “Too American” will be put on extra surveillance.

  35. #35
    On February 4th, 2012 at 10:12 am, MaverickThrowback said:

    AlohaGuy said:
    It will be a wimpy game anyway, the players aren’t allowed to drill each other in Lucas Oil stadium.

    I can see Johnny on the tonight show setting this one up, along with “Meal Team Six”

  36. #36
    On February 4th, 2012 at 11:31 am, sbw999 said:

    On February 3rd, 2012 at 8:21 pm, txvet2 said:

    They’ve been trained to be on the lookout for terror suspects – people in military uniforms, or with military style haircuts, anyone carrying military ID…..you know, the people on her terrorism watchlist.

    Bingo!

    I also understand that the pretzel vendors are being asked to report any negative comments about President Maobama.

  37. #37
    On February 4th, 2012 at 2:24 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Nappy: Hot dog! When it comes to cooking, I’m the cat’s meow!
    Now watch me eat this sideways!

  38. #38
    On February 4th, 2012 at 3:57 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Misscheryl said:

    By all means, lets put our national security in the hands of TSA hot dog vendors. I feel safer already. Unbelievable what this once great nation has become. A nation lead by fools and imbeciles.

    Hey, when it comes to handling buns and weiners – who better than the TSA?

    Keepin Us Safe ™ – it’s what Big Brothers do.

  39. #39
    On February 4th, 2012 at 7:33 pm, Dandapani said:

    I was surprised to see TSA at Tampa International Airport wearing badges. I thought Congress banned this overreach by DHS. TSA aren’t sworn officers.

  40. #40
    On February 5th, 2012 at 8:39 am, davod said:

    watch the bus roll over any vendor who flags anyone other than a white man, woman, or child.

  41. #41
    On February 5th, 2012 at 8:57 am, pubscout said:

    And of course, the TSA’s record of catching terrorists stands at how many now?

  42. #42
    On February 5th, 2012 at 9:32 am, davod said:

    “I was surprised to see TSA at Tampa International Airport wearing badges. I thought Congress banned this overreach by DHS. TSA aren’t sworn officers.”

    Maybe The Republican House did but not the Democratic Senate.

  43. #43
    On February 5th, 2012 at 9:50 am, CO2 Producer said:

    So they won’t be mistaken for right-wing extremists, the Patriots have changed their name to the New England Dudes With The Funny Hats.

  44. #44
    On February 6th, 2012 at 12:50 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    Did they catch anyone playing “hide the hotdog” yesterday at SuperBowl?

  45. #45
    On February 6th, 2012 at 2:58 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Oh, bull. This is an excuse to get Janet Ineptitantamont some tickets to the Super Bowl, probably for free! Everything this galactically stupid person does turns into a joke….and a disaster.

    My hubby and I stood up and put our hands on our hearts during the national anthem…and lo and behold, everyone at that Super Bowl party did the same..heh.

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