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It’s Friday? Time To Rob A Bank
Aftermath of a Bank of America robbery. Photo: Colin Brown (CC)
Who knew? From Reuters:
Bank robberies in the United States take place most often in mid-morning, on Fridays and in southern and western states, according to government statistics released on Tuesday.
Robbers stole slightly more than $43 million last year nationwide in 5,546 robberies of banks, credit unions and other financial institutions, statistics released by the FBI showed.
The South led the way with 1,790 bank robberies, followed by the West with 1,691. California had the most robberies at 805, followed by Texas with 464. North Dakota, where there were two bank robberies, had the least.
Overall, there were 5,628 reported bank crimes — the 5,546 robberies along with 74 burglaries, eight larcenies and 13 extortions of financial institutions.
That marked a decrease from 2009, when there were 6,065 such crimes reported, the FBI said…
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Thanks to Erick Schonfeld on Techcrunch for the find.
Even though this is intended to be a joke, the CIA's interest in what it calls "open source intelligence" has been documented (see here and here).
Via the Onion:
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