Woman Scares Off Mugger By Saying She Works For The NSA

When the mugger tried to take the DC woman’s phone she told him she worked for the National Security Agency and they would be tracking it.

Pretending to be an NSA intern was the first strategy she could think of, she later told the Washington Examiner. The story simultaneously explained why she had no cash on her—painting herself as an unpaid employee—and put the paranoia of government surveillance into the mugger, with the chilling suggestion that the NSA could “cause problems” for him down the line if he didn’t walk away. After brief consideration, he did.

The victim, meanwhile, did have money in her wallet, and in fact works as a staffer for a nonprofit organization. Though after that reflexive bit of mental jiujitsu, she may want to consider a career in government after all. It seems like they could really use a problem-solver up there on the Hill.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.