Latest Great Victory In the War On (ahem!) Terror

Yes, kids, that's right - US agents have nabbed two bad guys who were planning to build a bomb or buy a missile or assasinate someone or something. Well, OK, they weren't actually planning anything of the kind until we brought them the plan and talked them into it. But - hey! - we got 'em! Makes a nice change, doesn't it? Who says your taxes are being wasted?

And who was the hero of this daring sting operation? Who was the brave US agent who risked his life to infiltrate the bad guys? To whom do we owe our heartfelt thanks for making the world safer from people who weren't actually doing anything wrong in the first place? Well...

"The person was in fact a convicted felon working undercover for the government to reduce his prison sentence."