Comedy motorcade passed through 2 checckpoints


	Comedy motorcade passed through 2 checckpoints

kkcapricorn

9-6-2007 4:14 PM

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apec, tv comedy, arrests, the chaser

kkcapricorn says:

They should thank them for pointing out security lapses, not arrest them.

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